"Geographie Universelle, Exposee dans les Differentes Methodes qui Peuvent Abreger l'Etude & Faciliter l'Usage de Cette Science...", Buffier, Claude

This fascinating French geography book was first published in 1715 by Giffard, and was republished multiple times until 1805. It contains 18 folding maps: World, Europe, France, Low Countries, Switzerland, German Empire, Rhine, Italy, Spain & Portugal, Britain, Scandinavia, Poland, Turkish Empire, Greece, Asia, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Both the world map and the Americas map show the island of California. The book is written in a unique "question and answer" format. At the end of the book is the essay Nouveau Traite de la Sphere, which begins by explaining how the Universe is believed to be a sphere. 16mo. Mottled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and tooling, with title-label lettered in gold, marbled painted edges, marbled endpapers. 415 pp., title page, table of contents, and 18 maps.

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Condition: A

The maps and text are very clean and bright. A few maps have minor misfolds as is common, Asia has a small stain at bottom right, and Scandinavia short binding tear. The covers are worn with bumped corners, and the spine is beginning to crack and chip.