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Introduction a la Geographie. Avec une Description Historique Sur touttes les parties de la Terre Introduction to Geography. With a Historical Description on all parts of the Earth

1717rif. 50277Paris: Guillaume Danet Son-in law of the author 1717. Second edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Octavo. 197 9pp. 5 folding maps. Original calf with gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Decorative endpapers. Title page with copperplate engravings of two hand-colored printed globes and black double-framing California depicted as an island in this and two other maps. Second edition augmented with longitudes and latitudes of major cities. Illustrated headpiece decorative initials and endpieces. All pages with double frames; marginalia. Introduction to geography by the French cartographer and engraver Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 containing five folding copperplate engraved maps four of them hand-colored. The first showing a general map of the globe with America in one Europe Africa and Australia in the second globe both with North and South Poles. The margins are adorned with hand-colored portraits of significant explorers; Columbus Vespuci Shouten etc. The second map is the only one in black and white. It depicts "La Sphere Artificielle." The third map shows Europe the fourth Asia the Middle-East and Oceania with parts of Europe and Africa and finally North and South America depicted on the fifth. Contains list of cities and catalog of Fer publications at rear. At the age of twelve Fer became an apprentice of the Parisian engraver Louis Spirinx. After the death of Fer's father in 1673 he also was a cartographer Nicolas took over the business specializing in the production atlases geography and cartography-oriented publications. Well connected to the Royal Court Fer advanced to become the official geographer of the Philip V of Spain and Louis XIV of France. His numerous publications are considered artistic rather than accurate. Text in French. Binding rubbed along edges and boards with front joint mostly cracked but holding together. Small plate of previous owner glued to upper inside front cover. Inked and penciled notes on verso of decorative front endpaper. Starting at title page. Some creasing and small closed tears of maps. B/w map with two inch tear reinforced with tape on verso. Map of Europe with four inch closed tear. Map of America also reinforced with three and a half inch paper strip on verso. Page ninety-three with remnants of black glossy paper glued to gutter and part of text some loss of text. Binding in overall good- interior in good to very good condition. Guillaume Danet (Son-in law of the author) hardcover books

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INTRODUCTION A LA FORTIFICATION

1695rif. 129558Paris: Chez l'auteur 1695. 188 engraved leaves printed on rectos only comprising the 167 plates 2 folding listed in the table of contents plus 5 plates not listed or numbered 9 plates numbered in French the pictorial title page naval and land battle scenes and 6 leaves of explanatory text for the first few plates plus a folding table of distances and a table of contents listing plates numbered 21-189 as issued; oblong 4to; early calf the spine with gilt lettered red leather title label and gilt decorated compartments between raised bands the boards rubbed with a few small surface grazes edges worn the leather lifting along fore-edge of upper board especially at bottom fore-corner small piece torn from head of spine the upper joint starting at extremities; inked ownership inscription near the bookplate of Alec Hill on the upper pastedown earlier small inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper pencilled annotation at head of last leaf most plates neatly numbered in an early hand one plate Paris loose some damp stains occasionally large mostly to margins with a few encroaching onto plate surface several small edge chips and splits occasional slight creasing scattered light foxing and soiling; chez l'auteur Paris 1695. First edition. From the collection of Australian military historian and academic Alec Hill 1916-2008. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 inherited his father's cartography business which he developed into a flourishing enterprise producing town plans atlases and over 600 sheet maps and becoming one of the most prolific cartographic publishers of his era. In 1690 he was appointed official geographer to the Dauphin the heir to the French throne and when Louis XIV's grandson the Duke of Anjou acceded to the Spanish throne de Fer was proclaimed Geographer of the King of Spain as well. De Fer made maps of places throughout Europe and in North America including one in 1698 depicting beavers building dams near Niagara Falls. Introduction a la Fortification was issued in parts between 1690 and 1695 then re-issued in 1705 with the maps re-dated accordingly. Maps in this copy are dated from 1692 to 1695 with several undated. They depict fortified towns in France the Low Countries Germany Italy Spain and around the Mediterranean. The extra plates in this copy are Chartres Nouveau Canal Echelle Quebec and Batavia. The intricate folding Table Geografique enables the reader to calculate journey distances from Paris to all the principal towns in Europe. Chez l'auteur unknown