COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Lattre, Jean, 1743 -1793
Author:
Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794.
Date:
1762
Short Title:
Sphere de Ptolomee
Publisher:
Lettre et Jean Thomas Herissant
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
34
Obj Width cm:
45
Note:
Engraved chart of Spheres on double sheet, with insets: Insets: Sphere droite -- Sphere parallele -- Rose de boussole avec les noms des vents en usage sur l'ocean -- Rose de boussole avec les noms des vents qu'on employe sur la Mediterranee.
Subject:
Astronomy
Full Title:
Sphere de Ptolomee. Bonne, del. (to accompany) Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre ...
List No:
13420.005
Page No:
No. c
Series No:
5
Publication Author:
Lattre, Jean, 1743 -1793
Pub Date:
1762
Pub Title:
Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre : par plusieurs auteurs. A Paris, Chez Lattre graveur, Rue St. Jacques pres la fontaine St. Severin a la Ville de Bordeaux. Et Jean Thomas Herissant libraire rue St. Jacques a St. Paul et a St. Hilaire.
Pub Note:
First edition of this world atlas. Published by Lattre Graveur and Jean Thomas Herissant, 1762. Compiled by the best cartographers of the 18th century and gives an exact survey of the world around 1760. Illustrated title page, by Mounet, 1762, and engraved by Prevost. Containing the armillary sphere and 36 maps, Lacks sheet 25. some in color on double page and tables. Including European maps, also 3 Asian maps, 3 African maps, 4 from the Americas, one from the 12 tribes of Israel and one from the Holy Land. Maps engraved by Jean Lattre, but a majority of the maps are the work of Bonne. There are some contributions from Janvier and Rizzi-Zannoni, most of them are dated between 1761 and 1764. Showing political and administrative boundaries, rivers, place names, canals, fortifications, forests, lakes, etc. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Bound in full brown sheepskin, with title " Modern Atlas" on spine in gilt.
Pub List No:
13420.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
36
Pub Height cm:
40
Pub Width cm:
31
Image No:
13420005.jp2
Authors:
Lattre, Jean, 1743 -1793 ; Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794.
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Sphere de Ptolomee
