"Atlas des Enfans, ou Nouvelle Methode pour Apprendre La Geographie, Avec un Nouveau Traite de La Sphere, et XXIV Cartes Enluminees…", Bruyset, Jean-Marie
A charming petite atlas and geography for children. Engraved frontispiece shows the infant Atlas holding the globe on his shoulders. Complete with 24 fully hand colored, folding maps including a double hemisphere world, each of the continents and several regional maps and celestial diagrams. Hardbound with marbled board, leather spine with title in gilt on a red background and gilt ornaments. 286 pages. Published by Jean-Marie Bruyset with maps after Delisle.
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Condition: A
Original binding with minor repair on spine. Content very fine.