ATLAS - (BRION DE LA TOUR, LOUIS).

Atlas, et Tables élémentaires de Géographie, ancienne et moderne; Adopté par plusiuers Ecoles Royales Militaires. Nouvelle Édition.

Paris, J. Barbou, 1783. Large 8vo. (18,5x13,5 cm.). Contemp. blue boards. Covers with wear and some scratches. Backstrip gone. Old owners names on title.V,(49) pp. and 20 double-page engraved maps, of which 19 are handcoloured in outline (paper measuring 18x22 cm.). Textlvs. with traces of use. 2 maps with some smaller inkspots. Maps fine apart from some browning to margins. Maps unsigned, but after the listing of the maps (verso of titlepage) is printed "Ces Cartes ont été gravées par M. André sur les dessins de M. Brion."

This military school atlas contains Mappemonde, L'Europe, L'Asie, L'Afrique, L'Amerique Sepetentrionale, L'Amerique Méridionale etc. etc. - Not in Phillips (Geogr. Atlases in the Libr. of Congress) - Not in Shirley (Maps and Atlasses of the British Library).

Order-nr.: 35996