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ATLAS. - Gilles and Didier ROBERT DE VAUGONDY....

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ATLAS. - Gilles and Didier ROBERT DE VAUGONDY. Atlas universel. Paris, Les auteurs; Boudet, 1757; very large vol. in-folio, mounted on tabs, frontispiece, [18] ff. 103 double-page maps, 19th-century half tan cowhide binding, chipped, ribbed spine. BEAUTIFUL ATLAS, COMPLETE AND WELL PRESERVED, in rare condition as it is large and very heavy. Frontispiece and 103 engraved and folded maps. All are border-colored and feature large, beautiful cartouches: Orbis vetus, Holy Land, Empire of Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, Empire of Charlemagne, World Map, Europe, British Isles (5), Scandinavian Countries (2), Russia (4), France (26), Flanders, Netherlands, Luxembourg (7), Germanic Countries (14), Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Spain and Portugal (7), Italy (8), Turkey (2), Asia (2), India (2), China, Japan, Africa, America (7), Greece, Bohemia, Egypt. Marginal staining to 3 maps. - Joint: same presentation, la France divisée en 103 départements by Phélipeau, an VII (1799), remargée, small stain.