[ATLAS] - DU CAILLE (Louis Alexandre).
Étrennes géographiques Année 1761. Royaume de France divisé par Généralités Subdivisé par Elections Dioceses Bailliages &ca.
Paris: Ballard, [1761]. -In-24, 116x78: frontispiece, title, (2 ff. table), 31 maps, (2 ff. privilege). Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, paper lining and endpapers decorated with gilt stars and dots, gilt edges (period binding).

First edition of this charming, fully engraved pocket atlas of France and its regions.
It features a frontispiece engraved by Pierre-François Tardieu after a drawing by Poussin, a handsome title drawn and engraved by Pierre-Philippe Choffard, two table leaves, 31 double-page colored maps, and two privilege leaves. The text leaves and maps were engraved by Jean Lattré.
A very fine, perfectly preserved copy in contemporary binding. All leaves have been mounted on tabs.
Provenance:
L. A. Brillard, with bookplate. - Bernard Jarry, with bookplate.
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[ATLAS] - DU CAILLE (Louis Alexandre). Étrennes géographiques Année 1761. Royaume de France divisé par Généralités Subdivisé par Elections Dioceses Bailliages &ca. Paris: Ballard, [1761]. -In-24, 116x78: frontispiece, title, (2 ff. table), 31 maps, (2 ff. privilege). Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, paper lining and endpapers decorated with gilt stars and dots, gilt edges (period binding). First edition of this charming, fully engraved pocket atlas of France and its regions. It features a frontispiece engraved by Pierre-François Tardieu after a drawing by Poussin, a handsome title drawn and engraved by Pierre-Philippe Choffard, two table leaves, 31 double-page colored maps, and two privilege leaves. The text leaves and maps were engraved by Jean Lattré. A very fine, perfectly preserved copy in contemporary binding. All leaves have been mounted on tabs. Provenance: L. A. Brillard, with bookplate. - Bernard Jarry, with bookplate.

Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
28%
[ATLAS] - DU CAILLE (Louis Alexandre). Étrennes géographiques Année 1761. Royaume de France divisé par Généralités Subdivisé par Elections Dioceses Bailliages &ca. Paris: Ballard, [1761]. -In-24, 116x78: frontispiece, title, (2 ff. table), 31 maps, (2 ff. privilege). Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, paper lining and endpapers decorated with gilt stars and dots, gilt edges (period binding). First edition of this charming, fully engraved pocket atlas of France and its regions. It features a frontispiece engraved by Pierre-François Tardieu after a drawing by Poussin, a handsome title drawn and engraved by Pierre-Philippe Choffard, two table leaves, 31 double-page colored maps, and two privilege leaves. The text leaves and maps were engraved by Jean Lattré. A very fine, perfectly preserved copy in contemporary binding. All leaves have been mounted on tabs. Provenance: L. A. Brillard, with bookplate. - Bernard Jarry, with bookplate.
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