ATLAS D'ANVILLE
Name of the Atlas: Géographie ancienne Abrégée Par M. D'ANVILLE, de l'Académiet des Belles-Lettres & de celle des Sciences de Pétersbourg, Sécretaire de Son Altesse Sérénissime Monsieur le Duc d'ORLEANS. Nouvelle Édition, Revue par l'Auteur A PARIS Chez MERLIN, LIBRAIRE, rue de la harpe, á l'Image Saint-Joseph, MDCCLXIX (1769) Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi.
Stock number: 5100
Size of double folio paper: 57 x 75 cms.
Booksize: 59 x 41 cms.
Contents (omitted pages blank)
1-2: blank
3: title page
5: Dedication
7-9 Preface
10: Avertissement
11-12: Geographie Ancienne Abrégée.
13-17: text Europa 1: Hispania
18-24: text 2: Gallia
24-27: text 3: Britannia
27-30: text 43: Germania
30-33: text 5: Rhaetia, Noricum, Pannonia, Illyricum
33-41: text 6: Italia
41-48: text 7: Graecia
48-53: text 8; Thracia, Moesia, Dacia
53-55: text 9: Sarmatia
56-60: text Asia 1: Asia minor
61-68: text: Lydia, Pgrygia, Galatia, Cappadocia
68-71: text 2: Armenia
72-82: text 3: Syria
82-85: text 4: Arabia
85-90: text 5: Media, Assyria, Babylonia
90-92: text 6: Persis, Carmania, Gedrosia
92-95: text 7: Aria, Bactrania, Sogdiana
95-98: text 8: Sarmatia, Scythia, Serica
98-104: text 9: India
105-110: Africa, text 1: Aegyptus et Libya
111-113: text 2: Aethiopia
113-118: text 3: Numidia, Mauretania
119-120: text 4: Libya
121-132: Nomenclature Alphabétique
133-134: Table composée de noms de pays
135-151: Table du local en détail
154-155: Map Veteribus Notus, 1763, 2 plates, fold-in, 57 x 85 cms, outline color as all others.
158-159: Map Orbis Romani 1763, 57 x 75 cms as all subsequent maps.
162-163: Map Orbis Romani Pars Orientalis 1764.
166-167: Map Gallia Antiqua 1760
170-171: Map Italiae Antiquae 1764
174-175: Map Graeciae Antiquae 1762
178-179: Map Asiae Minor et Syriae 1764
182-183: Map La Palestine 1767
185: Map Aegyptus Antiqua 1765, 57 x 39 cms
187: Map Ad antiquam Indiae, inset: Taprobana, fold-out, 57 x 42 cms.
Old original binding worn, leather spine cover partly worn away, strong and heavy cardboard covers, all text pages and map pages very thick and heavy paper, all 10 maps in perfect condition.
In spite of worn spine an atlas with excellent contents on very heavy white paper.
Price: Euro 2500