COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Brion de La Tour, Louis, 1743 – 1803
Author:
Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio
Author:
Desnos, Louis Charles
Date:
1766
Short Title:
Le petit neptune Francois ou carte des cotes maritimes du royaume
Publisher:
Grange, Guillyn, Desnos
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
24
Obj Width cm:
29
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Hand colored chart of the coastal outline of France with the the Mediterranean Sea, sheets 37. Showing coastal towns, ports and harbor. Depth shown by soundings. Includes text.
Country:
France
Subject:
Nautical charts
Full Title:
Le petit neptune Francois ou carte des cotes maritimes du royaume : avec une partie de celles d'Angleterre : dans laquelle on voit les ports ou havres, les bayes, les rades, les sondes, les bancs-de-sable, les rochers, ecueils, caps, &c. Dressee d'apres les cartes hydrographiques particulieres qui ont paru jusqu'a ce jour assujetties aux observations des astronomes et des navia ateurs. Par m. Rizzi Zannoni. A Paris, chez le Sr. Desnos, M.DCCLXVI (1766). (to accompany) Coup d'oeil general sur la France, par M. Brion ... A Paris Grange Imprimeur-Libraire … M. DCC. LXV. (1765).
List No:
13128.050
Page No:
Pl. 37
Series No:
50
Engraver or Printer:
Desnos, Louis-Charles, 1725-1805
Engraver or Printer:
Rizzi-Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio
Publication Author:
Brion de La Tour, Louis, 1743 – 1803
Publication Author:
Desnos, Louis Charles
Pub Date:
1765
Pub Title:
Coup d'oeil general sur la France, par M. Brion, ... pour servir d'introduction au tableau analytique et geographique de ce royaume, dresse par differents geographes ... faisant partie de l'Atlas historique de la France ancienne et modern, mise au jour & dirige par le sieur Desnos, Ingenieur-Geographe pour les Globes & Spheres ... A Paris Grange Imprimeur-Libraire … M. DCC. LXV. (1765).
Pub Note:
One of the earliest statistical atlases. Revised edition, eighteenth century atlas of France in 4 parts containing 60 maps and charts, including travel guide, updated by Sieur Desnos. Bound in contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt with crimson morocco label "Brion - Atlas France". The atlas is the work of two cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century, Royal geographer Louis Brion de la Tour and publisher Louis Charles Desnos. A wide range of statistical information - relating to the population, finances, and government of France - is here presented in interrelated charts and maps. Pagination not in sequence, some pages not numbered. The atlas is comprised of several discrete parts, each with engraved title pages, a full contents, text and dedication: title-page reading 'Coup d'oeil general sur la France.Tableau analytique de la France, engraved title, 33 plates (one large folding, remainder double-page).'Le petit Neptune François, engraved title, 3 double page plates of coastal districts, followed by large folding map captioned "La France divisee en ses LVIII provinces." "L'indicateur fidele ou Guide de Voyageurs", Title, double-page ornamental dedication to Cassini de Thury, followed by 19 maps and charts; followed by letterpress prospectus and both alphabetic place names supplements.
Pub List No:
13128.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
56
Pub Height cm:
30
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
13128050.jp2
Authors:
Brion de La Tour, Louis, 1743 – 1803; Desnos, Louis Charles ; Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio
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Le petit neptune Francois ou carte des cotes maritimes du royaume
