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CASSINI DE THURY César-François

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Geographic and military atlas of France... Paris, R. J.Julien, 1751. In-4, 25 x 33cm, [1 + 1]ff, [1] +24 maps& [1]f., [1] map, [16] plates, antique brown calf binding, double fillet and gilt corner finials on boards, spine decorated with faux-nerves and gilt designs, gilt roulette on edges. Beautifully engraved atlas composed of 26 double-page maps, enhanced, and 16 double-page plates detailing the strongholds with their descriptions and coats of arms, colored. A good copy, with large margins. A few place names added formerly in ink on the maps and on the intermediate table leaf. Corners and spines partly worn.