La France et ses colonies. Atlas illustré cent cartes dressées d'après les cartes de Cassini, du Dépot de la guerre, des Ponts-et-chaussées et de la Marine Par M. Vuillemin
Paris: Migeon, 1869. La France et ses colonies Atlas illustré cent cartes dressées d'après les cartes de Cassini, du Dépot de la guerre, des Ponts-et-chaussées et de la Marine Par M. Vuillemin...., Migeon, Paris, n.d.. 10 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches, no pagination. Circa 1869.
Original brown pebbled boards with gilt design on front and back. Heavy black binders tape on spine. Boards likely detached or loose under tape. Heavy rubbing to corners of boards. Luckily atlas itself is in wonderful condition including large folding map at back (21 1/2 x 23 inches). Good condition only due to boards.
Striking and extensive French Atlas--no date found but 1869 written in pencil on title page. We do know this atlas was published from the early 1850's to the 1880's. Includes 96 regional and city maps plus the large folding map of France bound at back. Maps have hand-colored outlines plus major routes in various colors. Beautiful, engraved title page.
Each map has steel engraved vignettes of famous people and scenes from each area.
From the introduction: Written based on official documents and on an entirely new plan, gathering in the form of tables: 1. The administrative, political, judicial, religious, military division, etc.; 2. Historical Vicissitudes; 3. Biography; 4. Statistics; 5. Agricultural, industrial, commercial resources; 6. Institutions of instruction or public utility; 7. Detailed description of all district capitals and remarkable places; 8. Finally the Curiosities and Moral Physiognomy of each department and each French colony.
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Price: $550.00