BRION - Lot 17

BRION Atlas général, civil, ecclésiastique et militaire, méthodique et élémentaire pour l'étude de la Géographie et de l'Histoire. Specially designed for the instruction of young nobility at the royal military school. Adapted to the most popular geography books, including those by MM. L'Abbé Langlet du Frenoy, Dom Vaissette, the one dedicated to M.Crozat and particularly for Abbé Nicole de la Croix, and the new geographical method by M. L'Abbé Compan, dedicated to Madame de France. Dressé d'après les nouvelles observations astronomiques faites par M.M. Thirikcow et de l'Isle. Paris, 1786. In-4°, waiting boards. [2], 34 pp. Engraved double-page title-frontispiece, 55 double-page maps with coeval coloration "à la manière Hollandaise", and folding maps of France (n°54 & 55) in-fine. Deserves binding.