ATLAS - Gilles and Didier ROBERT DE VAUGONDY. Atlas universel. Paris, the authors, Boudin, 1757; large volume in-folio mounted on tabs, old marbled half-calf binding, some spotting.
Beautiful engraved frontispiece (small lack at lower corner) and 108 DOUBLE-PAGE (three triple-page) COPPER ENGRAVED MAPS, colored with borders, all with large and beautiful ornamented cartouches.
Asia Minor, Empire of Charlemagne, World Map, Europe, British Isles (6), Scandinavian Countries (2), Russia (5), France (26, very detailed), Flanders (6), Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany (11), Switzerland, Austria (4), Hungary, Poland, Spain, Portugal (7), Italy (8), Turkey (2), Asia, Indies (2), China, Japan, Africa, Egypt, America (7) - Begins with 10 maps of ancient countries.
Some splitting, spotting, wetness and faded outer margins.
Some old marginal inscriptions in ink. Five maps have been summarily watercolored.
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