ATLAS. - BUY DE MORNAS. Atlas methodique et élémentaire... Lot 3
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ATLAS. - BUY DE MORNAS. Atlas methodique et élémentaire de géographie et d'histoire, dedicated to M. le Président Hénault. Paris, chez l'auteur, Desnos, 1761-1762. 2 vol. in-folio, modern green half-basane for volume I, of the XIXth century for volume II.
Volumes I and II (out of IV) of this beautiful atlas: entirely engraved and mounted on tabs, these volumes include the two beautiful title-frontispices and 44 (out of 57) numbered double plates (descriptions and watercolor maps), for volume I, and 70 numbered double plates for volume II.
Attached 3 old colored maps (defects), including the Berge map, by Blaeu.
Volume I: missing plates 4, 9, 12, 14, 16, 27, 28, 30, 35 to 38, 46; with one unnumbered plate between 50 and 51. Bound at the beginning of the volume: the beautiful title engraved by Le Canut in-4, for the second part (stamped Petit Séminaire St Sauveur).
Volume I : handwritten ex-dono to Dr Renti (1922). Volume II: spine detached.
Soiled titles. Stains, some foxing and marginal dampening, tear without missing the dedication leaf, small restorations; reinforcements to the last leaves of volume II. Bindings rubbed, spines faded.
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