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rif. 11842Paris: Chez renard ibraire Rue Sainte-Anne No. 71. 1824-26. No binding. Good. Oblong quarto two volumes 200 x 230 mm. each contemporary quarter calf gilt ruled spines gilt titles light wear. With typographic half-titles titles pp. 6 8 iii-xvj vii v xvi 180 40 724; 2 680 with 68 maps 1 folding 3 duplicated to accompany an Oceanie section at the end all in early wash colour in good condition. The atlas was first issued in parts between 1824 and 1827. This complete atlas is rarely found complete. The text describing the ancient world was the work of M. Danou. That of the modern world was the work of the noted scholar Jean-Baptiste Benoit Eyries. He was a founder member of the Societe de Geographie. The maps are the work of cartographer Aristide Michel Perrot 1793-1879. Provenance: with advertising label inside upper cover of Delaville Rue de la Chausssee d'Antin No. 15. Chez renard, ibraire, Rue Sainte-Anne, No. 71. 1824-26 unknown
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