Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726) and Philippe Buache (1700-1773) Atlas Geographique et Universal, Defective Copy.

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Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726) and Philippe Buache (1700-1773) Atlas Geographique et Universal, Defective Copy. Paris: Dezauche, 1781.
Two large folio volumes, containing twenty-four of eighty-four maps in volume one, and five of sixty-eight maps in volume two, and the catalogue (contents) page in each volume; for a total of twenty-nine maps; one single page, the other twenty-eight double page, all copperplate engravings on paper, hand outlined in color; the maps themselves depict subjects in Western Europe; missing maps have been cut from the bindings; boards and spines still present, sold as defective, each volume 21 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (2)
Estimate $2,500-3,000

Maps present in volume one: 18 Champagne Septentrionale; 19 Champagne Meridionale; 23 Haute Alsace; 24 Franche Comte Septentrionale; 25 Franche Comte Meridionale; 28 Bourbonnois et Nivernois; 29 Berry; 30 Oreleanois; 31 Maine et Perche; 32 Anjou et Touraine; 37 Linnois; 38 Bresse; 39 Dauphine; 41 Languedoc first sheet; 42 Languedoc second sheet; 44 Generalite de Toulouse; 46 ibid; 50 Comte de Hainaut; 58 Eveche de Liege; 68 Allemagne; 75 Cour de Rin de Vorms a Bonne; 78 Cercle de Haute Saxe; and 86 La Boheme.
Maps present in volume two: 90 La Suisse; 106 Espagne et Portugal; 110 ibid; 142 Histoire Sainte pour les Iers Ages du Monde; and 155 Orbis Romani


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