Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Carte des Maitrises Generales et Particulieres des Eaux et Tables de Marbre du Royaume.
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Author:
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Brion de La Tour, Louis, 1743 – 1803
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Author:
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Desnos, Louis Charles
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Date:
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1766
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Short Title:
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Carte des Maitrises Generales et Particulieres des Eaux et Tables de Marbre du Royaume.
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Publisher:
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Grange, Guillyn, Desnos
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Publisher Location:
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Paris
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Obj Height cm:
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24
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Obj Width cm:
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29
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Scale 1:
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None shown
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Note:
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Circular hand colored chart provides a graphic depiction of the distances between Paris and the main cities and provinces of the kingdom. Includes ornamental title cartouche and border.
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Country:
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France
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Subject:
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Statistical
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Full Title:
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Carte des Maitrises Generales et Particulieres des Eaux et Tables de Marbre du Royaume.. Dressee par Rizzi Zannoni. M. DCC.LXVI ( 1766). (to accompany ) Tableau analytique de la France ... Par differents auteurs ; dirige par le S. Desnos ... M. DCC. LXVI (1766). (to accompany) Coup d'oeil general sur la France, par M. Brion ... A Paris Grange Imprimeur-Libraire … M. DCC. LXV. (1765).
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List No:
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13128.044
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Page No:
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Pl. 31
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Series No:
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44
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Engraver or Printer:
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Desnos, Louis-Charles, 1725-1805
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Engraver or Printer:
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Rizzi-Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio
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Publication Author:
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Brion de La Tour, Louis, 1743 – 1803
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Publication Author:
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Desnos, Louis Charles
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Pub Date:
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1765
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Pub Title:
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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).
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Pub Note:
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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.
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Pub List No:
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13128.000
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Pub Type:
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National Atlas
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Pub Maps:
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56
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Pub Height cm:
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30
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Pub Width cm:
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22
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Image No:
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13128044.jp2
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Authors:
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Brion de La Tour, Louis, 1743 – 1803; Desnos, Louis Charles
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