BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas. Lot n° 21

Atlas de l'Isle de Corse et Description géographique et historique de l'Isle de Corse, pour joindre aux Cartes & Plans de cette Isle. Paris : Imprimerie de Didot, 1769. Atlas : Small in-4 (255 x 198 mm). Engraved double-page index, general map of Corsica and 37 maps including 2 folding, 29 double-page and 6 full-page. (Smudging in the lower margin of the plate XXXV.). Full calf of the time, spine ribbed, caissons decorated with fleurons, brick edges. Ex-libris label on the first back cover of the château de Vélu. Superb freshness of the maps and plans. Text volume: small in-4 in contemporary half vellum, smooth spine, red morocco title and greefs. XII + 232 pp. Spots of freckles on the title page, and scattered throughout the text. Large margins. RARE FIRST EDITION. Signed in 1768, the treaty of Versailles transferred Corsica from the Republic of Genoa to the Kingdom of France. The printing of this atlas and its text on the customs, the language, the culture of the Corsican people had then political aims.