D'ANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon

[Maps] Complete Body of Ancient Geography

London: James Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie, 1816. [Maps] Complete Body of Ancient Geography--Complete with 13 Plates, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D'ANVILLE, Printed and Published by James Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie, London. 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches.

Elephant folio atlas dated 1816. Front board detached. Text on spine difficult to discern. Heavy rubbing and edge wear to marbled boards. Title page becoming detached at bottom. Leaves are lightly soiled with mild off-setting to maps. Light foxing. Several maps tightly trimmed to neatline. Interior content in good condition. Simple repair to front board would make this a very nice atlas.

Classic and oft reprinted atlas first published in 1785. Includes: 1. Orbis Romani, pars Orientalils. 2. Orbis Romani, pars Occidentalis. 3. Orbis Veteribus Notus. 4. Gallia. 5. Italiae. 6. Graeciae. 7. Asiae Minor, et Syriae. 8. Palaestina. 9. Aegyptus. 10. Britannia Romana, by Mr. Horsley. 11. Greciae, pars Septentrionalis. by Mons. de L'Isle.12. Greciae, pars Meridionalis. and 13. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the British Isles, in an intermediate State, between Ancient and Modern Geography, by Mons. D'Anville. The Whole Materially Improved, By Inserting the Modern Names of Places under the Ancient. Each map with hand-colored outlines.

Publisher includes a short but tantalizing list of additional maps offered including several large wall charts at foot of title page.

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Price: $375.00