Concorde de la Geographie des differents ages

Description of the world with 13 engraved maps by N. A. Pluche. Published in Paris in 1772.

Reference 10089

Description

Geographical book describing the whole world. Contains one portrait of the author A. Pluche and 13 folded maps. Containing the World, Africa, Asia, south east Asia, America, Europe, France, Arabia and Egypt, Holy Land, Mediterranean , Middle East from Israel to India, Turkey including Cyprus, Italy and Greece. Beautiful copper engraved maps with dark impression. French text. Complete.

Details

Cartographer	Noel Antoine Pluche
Title	Concorde de la Geographie des differents ages
Publisher, Year	Paris, 1772
Size	17.0 x 10.5 cm (6.7 x 4.1 inches), 8vo
Collation	60 pages, 511 pages, 2 Blätter
Illustrations	1 frontispiece, 13 folded maps
Cover	Full leather binding with gilt on spine

Condition

Little rubbed

Overall excellent conditions, small tear (1 cm) in the Africa map.

Cartographer

Noel Antoine Pluche was a French priest born 1688 in Rheims. His major work Spectacle de la nature was published 1732. He died 1761 in Paris.

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Description of the world with 13 engraved maps by N. A. Pluche. Published in Paris in 1772.

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