Methode pour Etudier la Geographie dans Laquelle on Donne une Description exacte de l'Univers, tiree des meilleurs Auteurs, & formee sur les Observations de Messieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Avec un Discours Preliminaire sur l'etude de cette Science, & un Catalogue des Cartes Geographiques, des Relations, Voyages, & Descriptions les plus necessaires pour la Geographie (Tomes I-III)
Hardcover
1718 · Amsterdam
by [ATLAS - HAND-COLORED MAPS; Lenglet du Fresnoy]
Amsterdam: Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1718. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary speckled calf, handsomely rebacked but one board detached; gilt-stamped lettering in tan leather spine label (second compartment), gilt-stamped ornament on 5 raised bands and direct in spine compartments; 3 volumes, 12mo (163x95mm); pp. [10], 336, [35]; [16], 333, [51]; [14], 468, [32]; with hand-colored engraved half-title in Volume I, 18 hand-colored plates (many folding), hand-colored decorative head- and tail-pieces. Front rear board on volume one detached. Boards a bit scuffed along the edges; corners bumped; spines dry. Internally bright and clean; previous owner's (tasteful) bookplate. Plates are lovely. (Inventory #: D14120)