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184487756Paris, 1844-1892, in-8, 24 plaquettes, couvertures conservées, Demi-chagrin rouge de l'époque, dos à nerfs et fleuronné, monogramme G.M. en pied du dos [Galien Mingaud], Joli recueil d'opuscules divers publiés par le pharmacien et naturaliste du Gard Philippe Mingaud (1819-1904), réunis et reliés vers 1893-1894, à l'intention de son fils Galien-Philippe Mingaud (1854-1912). L'ouvrage ouvre sur l'ex-dono manuscrit du père, signé à Paris et daté du 20 mai 1893 : "Ce volume est réservé à mon fils Galien. Souvenir affectueux de son père". Plusieurs portraits photographiques de l'auteur en médaillon apparaissent dans le recueil : au début de l'ouvrage, un cliché au format carte de visite [58 x 98 mm] représente Mingaud à l'âge de 75 ans ; sur un autre cliché, plus petit [20 x 30 mm], qui apparait à plusieurs reprises, il a à peu près le même âge ; un troisième cliché [55 x 65 mm] le représente cette fois-ci plus jeune, âgé de 46 ans. Quelques pièces portent le cachet de l'auteur (Mingaud. Conférencier scientifique. Paris) et certaines sont enrichies de notes manuscrites. Philippe Mingaud, pharmacien de première classe de l'École supérieure de Montpellier, fonda en 1844 une pharmacie normale et un cabinet d'histoire naturelle à Saint-Jean-du-Gard, dans les Cévennes. Dans les alentours, il fit la découverte d'importantes mines métallifères de gisements minéraux. Il s'installa à Paris en 1858 et fit don de sa collection au musée de Nîmes. Son fils, Galien-Philippe, s'occupa de minéralogie à ses côtés. Les pièces du présent recueil comprennent les travaux de Mingaud parus entre 1844 et les années 1880, ainsi que des recensions sur ses travaux. Elles ont été reliées dans l'ordre suivant : ? Travaux de Mingaud entre 1844 et 1865 : Grand établissement pour la fabrication des eaux minérales artificielles de Mingaud fils, chimiste à Saint Jean-du-Gard. Alais, Veirun, (s.d.) 8 pp. Synthèses chimiques et pharmaceutiques, présentées et publiquement soutenues devant l'École spéciale de Montpellier le 27 et 28 août 1844. Montpellier, Boehm. 16 pp. Examen d'un minerai qui présente tous les caractères de l'allophane (silicides). Paris, imprimerie de W. Remquet, 1859. 11 pp. Plaquette enrichie du petit portrait photographique de l'auteur [20 x 30 mm] contrecollé sur la couverture et d'un papillon comportant une note manuscrite signée de l'auteur, collé sur la dernière page : "Nota. Je suis très heureux d'avoir pu accomplir le voeu que j'avais exprimé en 1844. Mingaud, âge de 84 ans. Nîmes le 7 juillet 1903". Mémoire sur la fondation d'une pharmacie normale. Paris, Martinet, 1859. 29 pp. Plaquette enrichie du petit portrait photographique. De l'erinus alpinus. Érine pourprée des Alpes de la famille des Personnées de Jussieu. Histoire topographique de son habitat constaté. Paris, Gaittet, 1861. 19 pp. Herbier du bassin de Saint-Jean-du-Gard, précédé de quelques réflexions sur la vie de l'auteur. Paris, Dubuisson, 1863. 22 pp. Plaquette enrichie du petit portrait photographique. Explorations géologiques faites avec Marcel de Serres. Coup d'oeil rapide sur les terrains qui constituent le sol du bassin de Saint-Jean-du-Gard et des principaux gisements métallifères qu'on y rencontre. Paris, Dubuisson, 1863. 36 pp. Plaquette enrichie du petit portrait photographique. De l'erinus alpinus. Érine pourprée des Alpes de la famille des Personnées de J. Histoire topographique de son habitat constaté. Paris, Dubuisson, 1863. 12 pp. Seconde édition. Papillon manuscrit (p. 9). De l'arbousier. De la propagation de sa culture et des produits économiques qui en résultent considérés au point de vue de l'alimentation en général. Paris, Dubuisson, 1863. Front, 24 pp. Plaquette enrichie du petit portrait photographique. De l'arbousier. De la propagation de sa culture et des produits économiques qui en résultent considérés au point de vue de Couverture rigide
159810688A La Rochelle, Par Hierosme Haultin, 1598. 1 vol. in-8 de 91-(2)-956 pp., vélin souple à rabats (reliure de l'époque).
158142253S.l. [Genève], chez Jean Durant, 1581. In-8 de 248 pp. (A-P8 Q4), veau gris, dos orné à nerfs, triple filet doré sur les plats, tranches rouges (Galette).
51-7157Paris : PoigneÌe An VIII 1799-1800. 4to. 32 x 29cm. With 11 maps folding out to elephant folio size.Several handcolored ion outline.Contemporary tree calf restored.James Rennell was the greatest geographer that Great Britain had yet produced. His pre-eminence as Sir Henry Yule said in 1881 is still undisputed. He was an explorer both by sea and land a map compiler a physical geographer a critical and comparative geographer and a hydrographer. Philippe Buache born Feb. 7 1700 Paris Fr.—died Jan. 27 1773 Paris was a French geographer and cartographer who contributed to the theory of physical geography.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:5869225: Half title: Atlas pour la description de l'IndostanMap no. 1 Carte de l'Indostan ou de l'Empire mogol on 4 sheetsIssued to accompany the author's Description historique et geÌographique de l'Indostan. Paris An VIII 1800 3 v. Paris : PoigneÌe, An VIII [1799-1800] unknown
2013Atlantic-9781446257180Sage Publications 2013. Hardcover. New. Sage Publications hardcover
2013Atlantic-9781446257180Sage Publications 2013. Hardcover. New. Sage Publications hardcover
29401Manuscript in brown ink folio 1 page; headed 'Rade de Macao ce 1er Janvier 1825' the letter is to an unnamed recipient and concerns the Lazarist missionary Lamiot; old vertical and horizontal folds minor tears at the ends roughened at top and bottom edges else clean and complete with red wax seals preserved. Rare unpublished letter of Baron Hyacinthe de Bougainville 1781-1846 written at Macao aboard the corvette Thétis during its circumnavigation of 1824-26. Baron de Bougainville was the son of the navigator Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 1729-1811. Earlier on in his naval career he had taken part in the Baudin expedition to New Holland of 1800-1803. In the years 1824-26 he led a diplomatic mission to East Asia on a round the world expedition with the warships Thétis and Espérance. His ships set sail from France in March 1824 and visited Réunion Pondicherry Manila Macao Cochin-China and Soerabaia. On his return voyage across the Pacific - retracing in part his father's famous circumnavigation of 1766-1769 - he called in at Port Jackson for three months during 1825. Whilst in Sydney he erected monuments to La Pérouse and Receveur at Botany Bay. Bougainville's letter written at anchor off Macao concerns the Lazarist missionary Louis-François Lamiot 1767-1831 superior of the Vincentians in China. Having first arrived in Peking in 1794 for many years Lamiot had acted as court interpreter until in 1820 he was banished from the empire owing to his association with the disgraced Father Clet. He was living in exile at Macao at the time of the arrival of the Thétis and Espérance at the end of 1824. Bougainville writes: 'Lamiot having received the order to return to France after serving the Emperor in Peking for 26 years presented himself to be admitted on the King's frigate that I command'. Bougainville however acting on the advice of the king and of the Vicomte de Chateaubriand writes that he has refused to take Lamiot on board his ship: Lamiot is ordered to return to Peking to attempt to administer the French mission there as best he can. He states: 'I would be all the more reprehensible in the eyes of the King of France if I granted M. Lamiot the passage he is asking for' since Lamiot is currently in a position to offer his services to the Emperor of China as a tutor for young mathematicians. The French mission was as much a scientific enterprise as it was an apostolic one. Contrary to the King of France's wishes however Father Lamiot would remain in Macao until his death in 1831. Bougainville signs the letter with his title: 'The Ship's Captain Commanding a Division of the naval forces of his Majesty the King of France in the seas of Asia. H. Baron de Bougainville'. While Bougainville's brief communiqué is undoubtedly a piece of official correspondence containing information of a diplomatically sensitive nature it is not clear for whom precisely it was intended; nor can we be absolutely certain whether it was carried by him back to France or delivered to an unknown party en route. Immediately after leaving Macao Bougainville's ships called at Da Nang where the French were treated civilly for several weeks in January-February 1825 but were refused an audience with the Emperor Minh Mạng. The expedition then visited Soerabaia Sydney Valparaíso and Rio de Janeiro before returning to France. unknown
199193137Difference. New. 1991. Paperback. 2729106901 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened --VOLUME 1 OF A TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Text in French. Volume 1: 120 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Difference paperback
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199820-11739The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1998-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
1923C90960Librairie Armand Colin. As New. 1923. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 156 pages; 8 black and white plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Librairie Armand Colin paperback
17464391The Hague i.e. Paris: s.n. 1746. 8vo 168 x 101 mm. 2 parts separately titled and paginated: 3-vi-xxiv 182 pages 1 blank leaf; 2 leaves 128 pages. Engraved frontispiece by Fessard after Cochin fils apparently included in the pagination typographic title ornaments head- and tailpieces. An attractive copy stain to fols. A2-3 in second part 2 or 3 minor marginal tears some spotting. Contemporary red morocco triple gilt fillet on sides smooth spine sparingly gold-tooled and lettered board edges gilt gilt edges scuffing to lower board edges and extremities of spine corners a bit bumped. Provenance: early purchase note on lower flyleaf; John Wodehouse 3rd Earl of Kimberley 1883-1941 bookplate; Leonard Forrer 1869-1953 his bookshop ticket of L. S. Forrer Ltd. Numismatic Booksellers London; Charles Van der Elst 1904-1982 bookplate.<br /> <br /> Only Edition of an extended literary joke by the brilliant antiquarian engraver art patron and connoisseur the Comte de Caylus. He exercised his stylistic muscles in this peculiar collection of two dozen literary pieces revolving around the word manteau: in part 1 racy anecdotes short stories fairy tales and a chivalric tale written in pseudo-archaic French; and in part 2 tongue-in-cheek erudite essays in several styles — the religious history the antiquarian disquisition the etymological or bibliographical analysis — all laced with fictional and a few real references including imaginary medieval manuscripts.<br /> <br /> A glance at the entry for manteau in the online Trésor de la Langue Française gives an idea of the semantic opportunities offered by this word whose appearances in many idiomatic expressions are exhaustively exploited by Caylus. In part 1 appear the manteau de fourrure fur coat the manteau de lit a short bed-jacket into which a jealous husband is metamorphosed by his fairy mother-in-law to teach him a lesson the long and short coat the chimney mantel same word in French and a portrait of a remarkable old man presented as the fictional originator of the term “sous le manteau†clandestine or clandestinely.<br /> <br /> In part 2 which its title notes with a wink “one doesn’t need to read†the author delves into the Roman pallium a cloak the coats of saints and clerics those both heraldic and actual of Dukes and Peers and the order of the Blancs-Manteaux. Completing the picture are a florilegium of dictionary extracts and a satirical etymological comparison of the French manteau with other languages containing sentences like: “As for the letter L which is found at the end of words like Mantel and Mantello one can very well understand it to be a diminutive of the Arabic word Allah meaning God†p. 103. <br /> <br /> The self-imposition of arbitrary constraints onto one’s writing while an ancient practice viz. poetic meter have been associated more recently with a French literary movement from the 1960s known as Oulipo short for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle â€workship of potential literature†which included the great French authors Raymond Queneau and Georges Perec whose wry humor and doggedness in pursuing the conceit to the end Caylus foreshadowed. <br /> <br /> Cochin’s frontispiece shows a rather shifty-looking merchant in the doorway of his shop filled with coats. <br /> <br /> OCLC locates 4 copies in North American libraries. Cohen-De Ricci 210; Gay-Lemonnyer 3:23; Barbier III: 34 a 1775 edition not seen elsewhere. s.n. unknown
164616 p.l. 398 pp.; 27 pp. Two parts in one vol. 8vo cont. calf extremities a little rubbed contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Rouen: A. Maurry for L. Billaine 1678. Third edition 1st ed.: 1664 "of the earliest extant bibliography of bibliographies. It is basically an alphabetical list arranged by authors' first names followed by eight intricate subject indices among them one of publishers' and booksellers' catalogues. Appended is a very useful numismatic bibliography. The work enjoyed three later editions during the seventeenth century and provided the basis for Teissier. Labbé 1607-67 one of the most learned polymaths of his time was a Jesuit professor of philosophy in Paris."-Grolier Club Bibliography 62-1st ed. The work attributed to John Selden on the title-page is actually by Alessandro Sardi 1520-88 and first appeared in 1579. There is also included a substantial bibliography on weights and measures. Haebler in his Handbuch states that this is the second book on incunabula and the first in which the word is used in connection with printing. A fine copy with some minor foxing. ❧ Taylor Book Catalogues pp. 176 208 & 219-20. hardcover books
164616 p.l. 398 pp.; 27 pp. Two parts in one vol. 8vo cont. calf extremities a little rubbed contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Rouen: A. Maurry for L. Billaine 1678.<br/> <br/> Third edition 1st ed.: 1664 “of the earliest extant bibliography of bibliographies. It is basically an alphabetical list arranged by authors’ first names followed by eight intricate subject indices among them one of publishers’ and booksellers’ catalogues. Appended is a very useful numismatic bibliography. The work enjoyed three later editions during the seventeenth century and provided the basis for Teissier. Labbé 1607-67 one of the most learned polymaths of his time was a Jesuit professor of philosophy in Paris.â€â€“Grolier Club Bibliography 62–1st ed. <br/> <br/> The work attributed to John Selden on the title-page is actually by Alessandro Sardi 1520-88 and first appeared in 1579. <br/> <br/> There is also included a substantial bibliography on weights and measures. <br/> <br/> Haebler in his Handbuch states that this is the second book on incunabula and the first in which the word is used in connection with printing. <br/> <br/> A fine copy with some minor foxing. <br/> <br/> â§ Taylor Book Catalogues pp. 176 208 & 219-20. unknown
1692E0527titlepictorial platexviifolding map406xxiv pages with engraved initials and vignettes and three additional plates and index. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7 1/2" bound in full leather with five raised bands and lettering in gilt and decorative vignettes. First edition.<br /><br />Philippe Avril was a Jesuit explorer of the Far East and professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris when he was dispatched to the Jesuit missions of China. He was summoned by the Jesuit missions and sent as a Jesuit to the missions in China. Following the instructions of Ferdinand Verbiest another Jesuit then at Peking suggested that he attempted an overland journey which he ended up traveling for six years through Kurdistan Armenia Astrakhan Persia and other countries of eastern Asia arriving at Moscow. He now traveled to Grodno in Poland where he renewed an acquaintance with Count de Syri who had formerly befriended him at Astrakham. The count at the suggestion of Avril applied ot the French government for the appointment of ambassador from the King of France to the Emperor of China. He succeed in obtaining the appointment and it was arranged that Avril should accompany him. They set out to Moscow together. An accident detained Avril and the count arrived at Moscow days before his companion. On the arrival of Avril he received the intelligence that the Russian authorities and compelled the count to proceed and was refused permission to over take him. Avril proceeded to Warsaw and through the assistance of Prince Jablonowksi to reach Constantinople by way of Moldavia. Here he was seized with spitting of blood and he found himself compelled to relinquish his mission and returned to France. He landed at Toulon in 1690 and published an account of his travels. Avril's journal and writings provide a significant amount of useful material for modern historians and demographers.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners bumped and rubbed lacking 3E4 blank leaf between the end of the main text and start of the Table de Metiers occasional toning ink inscription to title spine ends and raised spine rubbed some spotting to leather else a good to very good copy. Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George & Louis Josse hardcover
2006C93985Nusbaumer Editeur. As New. 2006. Paperback. 2951186061 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in French. 186 pages; illustrated in black and white and in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Nusbaumer Editeur paperback
197891955n. l.: s. n. 1978. Fine. s. n. n. l. 1978 18.7 x 19.8 cm En feuilles sous chemise et étui First edition one of 30 numbered copies printed on handmade pure rag paper.Illustrated with original colour engravings by Ania Staritsky who also designed the original layout of the work with the collaboration of Claude Nardin.A rare and very fine copy complete with its chemise and brown cloth slipcase.Pencil signatures of Philippe Jones and Ania Staritsky at the colophon.Inscribed by Philippe Jones to Claude Nardin at the colophon.Our copy is enriched with a five-line autograph manuscript text by Philippe Jones as well as an original collage by Ania Staritsky signed by her. s. n. hardcover
165815988Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette rue S.t Iacques a l'Esperance 1658. 457 by 572mm. 18 by 22.5 inches. Hand-coloured engraved map. The second state of the plate published separately and extensively corrected with the addition of: the four cardinal points added midway along the graticule scale around the map; 'ou Saycock a io 10 Roy.mes' and'ou Tokoesi a 4. R.'; and additional titles for the 'kingdoms' throughout the map. Hubbard points out that this is "an enormous number of corrections for the engraver Somer to make" although many other errors remain. Briet 1601-1668 came from the same town Abbeville as Nicolas Sanson I and examples of this map have been found in composite atlases largely made up of maps by Sanson. Sanson and Mariette who published this map also had a business relationship that eventually ended badly. The engraver Jan van Somer worked for Sanson in Paris. A Jesuit from 1619 Briet was also a teacher of humanities and rhetoric. He wrote literature as well as history and historical geography. He published his 'Paralella Geographica' in 1648 and 1649 with 144 maps of Europe. He had intended further volumes of maps of the other continents but only managed a manuscript for the Asia volume which was never published. Many of the maps from the original work were republished in his 'Theatre Geographique de L'Europe' and 'Theatrum Geographicum Europae Veteris' in 1653. Hubbard 31.2. Chez Pierre Mariette, rue S.t Iacques a l'Esperance, unknown
1991C93134Difference. As New. 1991. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Text in French. Volume 1: 120 pages; Volume 2: 175 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Difference paperback
19212416Bruxelles 1921. Original illustrated paper. In fine condition. Original illustrated paper. 4 p. First edition of this score edition of which is 500 copies. Poem by Philippe Soupault and music by E.L.T. Feel. The cover was designed by Man Ray. unknown
16422051En Barcelona: en casa de Iaume Methevat Jaime Matevad 1642. First edition. With a woodcut device on title page and a large woodcut initial both colored by a later hand and typographic head and tailpieces. In later marbled paper. Light brown stains throughout paper tanned otherwise in fine condition. First edition. With a woodcut device on title page and a large woodcut initial both colored by a later hand and typographic head and tailpieces. In later marbled paper. 4 p. <p><br /> Extremely rare document related to the early episodes of the Catalan Revolt.<br /> <p><p><br /> Written by Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt 1605–1657 French soldier and Marshal of France who was serving as the French Viceroy of Catalonia during the Reaper’s War or Catalan Revolt 1640–1659 to the parallel Spanish Viceroy of Catalan Juan Ramirez de Arellano y Manrique de Lara 1606-1643 the Marquis of Hinojosa to complain about the inhumanities that the Catalans suffer.<br /> <p><p><br /> Scarce IB locates only 3 copies in libraries Biblioteca de Catalunya Barcelona; Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Lisbon; Biblioteca-Museo Víctor Balaguer; Villanueva y Geltrú / Vilanova i la Geltrú. <br /> <p><p><br /> IB B68429; Palau 61205<br /> <p>. en casa de Iaume Methevat [Jaime Matevad] unknown
2008C73431Walther Konig. As New. 2008. Hardcover. 3865604242 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English and German with portions in English only. 376 pp. With 269 ills. 260 col. . 31 x 24 cm. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Leben Und Werk Oeuvre-Katalog Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Walther Konig hardcover
176910715Paris: P. Vente 1769. Contemporary gilt-ruled polished tan calf rubbed flat spine gilt à la grotesque with a gilt-lettered morocco label red edges blue silk marker. <p>A talented sculptor and frame-maker Cayeux 1688-1769 collected for six decades: “his cabinet was renowned for its examples of ‘our talented modern artists’†like Boucher van Loo and Cochin Bailey. Many lots have eighty or more drawings or prints. One copy in the U.S. In good condition contemporary title inscription On behalf of your most humble servant Cayeux tr. — penned by the deceased collector’s son Louis-Philippe d. 1776.<br /> ¶Bailey Patriotic Taste: Collecting Modern Art in Pre-Revolutionary Paris 21-22; Advielle Notice sur Philippe Cayeux passim; Lugt Répertoire des catalogues des ventes 1793.</p> P. Vente unknown
51-6051Paris: HENRI CHARPENTIER IMPRIMEUR-EDITEUR M. DCCC. LXI. 1861. Folio. 33 x 49cm. 3 vols. Original publisher's gilt half blonde shagreen binding restored. Gilt coat of arms of Paris on covers. 100 tinted lithograph plates and a plan of Paris.Very good.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 4401208.illustré de 100 planches lithographiées dont 1 plan de Paris par MM. Philippe Benoist Bachelier Félix Benoist Chapuy Eug. Cicéri. et de nombreuses vignettes par Félix Benoist et Catenacci. Reliure de l'éditeur demi-chagrin dos et plats ornés des armes de la ville de Paris tranche sup. dorée Quelques rares claires rousseurs bon exemplaire.PAR MM. PHILIPPE BENOIST POUR LE PLUS GRAND NOMBRE ET AVEC L'AIDE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE; JULES ARNOUT BACHELIER A. BAYOT FÉLIX BENOIST CHAPUY EUGÈNE CICERI HUBERT CLERGET JULES DAVID FICHOT JULES GAILDRAU GUÉRARD J. JACOTTET GUSTAVE JANET HIPPOLYTE LALAISSE AUG. MATHIEU SABATIER ETC. .VIGNETTES DE FELIX BENOIST ET CATENACCI EXÉCUTÉES SUR BOIS PAR LES PREMIERS GRAVEURS. HEAVY VOLUMES. Paris: HENRI CHARPENTIER, IMPRIMEUR-EDITEUR, M. DCCC. LXI. 1861 unknown
1783242998Dezauche 1783. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19.75 x 25.5". Sheet measures 21.5 x 30".<br/><br/> This map of Canada and the northern United States extends north from around the latitude of Baltimore all the way up to Baffin Bay along the shore of Greenland. Published by Jean-Claude Dezuache in 1783 it is the eighth revision of a map originally published by De L'Isle in 1703. The map is notable as the first to include "Etats-Unis" in the title coming as it did on the heels of the American Revolution. In fact this appearance is one of the earliest appearances of the name United States Etats-Unis on a printed map. The map is compelling in its accuracy particularly with regard to the Great Lakes depicting them as fully enclosed and properly placed in longitude and latitude. There is also excellent detail around the Hudson and Mississippi Rivers. The elaborate cartouche is decorated with a beaver natives one of whom is bearing a scalp and Jesuit explorers. Furthermore the fleurs-de-lis that previously adorned the shield at the top of the cartouche has been erased and the crown converted into a halo suspended above an orb a response to the execution of the king following the French Revolution Below a table of colors delineates the boundaries of the United States and European possessions. Indian nations are also labeled. The map is in excellent condition with wide margins as issued. Guillaume De L'Isle 1675--1726 was a French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the newly explored Americas and Africa. He is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. Philippe Buache 1700--1773 was a student of De L'Isle and became one of the most active proponents of the so-called school of theoretical cartography active in mid-18th century France. This map is fascinating record from a remarkable moment in North American history.<br/><br/> Dezauche unknown books