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Petit Tableau de la France, ou Cartes Géographiques ou cartes geographiques sur toutes les parties de ce royaume. Avec une description abregée.
Paris: Chez Lattré, 1764. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo, original full gilt morocco, a.e.g. Part 1: hand-colored engraved title page, 28 hand-colored maps, 2 pp. contents; Part 2: [x] (including letterpress title-page), [213] pp. A fine copy of this charming pocket atlas of 18th century France. Rigobert Bonne (1727–1795) was an engineer, mathematician and cartographer. In 1773 he succeeded Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as royal hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. This is one of his earlier cartographic publications. In its original and very handsome full morocco binding. REFERENCES: Phillips, Atlases 2989. CONDITION: Very good, gently worn.
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