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Atlas historique de la France ancienne et moderne : contenant tous les lieux illustreÌs par les eÌveÌnemens les plus meÌmorables de notre histoire; les conqueÌ‚tes les pertes et les succeÌ€s de la nation; ses alliances et ses traiteÌs avec les Puissances EuropeÌennes; les batailles les sieÌ€ges les conciles qui se sont tenus en France; les ordres religieux qui s'y sont eÌtablis; l'eÌtendue des grands fiefs et leur reunion aÌ€ la couronne enfin toutes les reÌvolutions de la Monarchie dans chaque sieÌ€cle et sous chaque reÌ€gne; depuis Pharamond jusqu'aÌ€ Louis XV. DresseÌ pour servir aÌ€ la lecture de l'histoire de Mess. Velly et Villaret. First edition.
16-5909Paris: mis au jour et eÌxeÌcuteÌ par le S. Desnos Ing. GeÌogr. pour les Globles SpheÌ€res et Instrumens de MatheÌmat. Rue S. Jacques au Globe 1765. 4to 21.5 x 27cm. Contemporary qtr. gilt calf and boards worn. With 56 double pages handcolored maps and 2 large fold-out maps. Lacking map no. 2. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:557434253.Giovanni Antonio Bartolomeo Rizzi Zannoni was one of the leading cartographers of the late 18th century as well as being an astronomer surveyor and mathematician. Born in Padua he worked in Venice and was engaged by the governments of Austria and France to produce maps. Rizzi Zannoni was the first to execute the triangulation of Poland assisting in the French and English border survey of American in 1757 and serving as the hydrographer of the Dépot de Marine. He was also a member of the Cosmographic Society of Göttingen a town in Saxony Germany home to the University of Göttingen. Rizzi Zannoni is known for his world atlas the French edition of which was published in 1762 as Atlas Moderne by Lattré in Bordeaux. In 1781 he was invited by the Bourbon rulers of the Kingdom of Naples to direct the Topographical Office among the first governmental cartographic agencies in Europe. There he produced celebrated land and maritime atlases of the region as well as many separately issued maps. His Atlante Marittimo delle due Sicile 1793 is cited by map historian R.V. Tooley as “remarkable for a marvelously minute attention to detail and amply deserves the commendation passed upon it by Sir George Fordham†Tooley 21. Paris: mis au jour et eÌxeÌcuteÌ par le S. Desnos Ing. GeÌogr. pour les Globles, SpheÌ€res, et Instrumens de MatheÌmat. Ru hardcover
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