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11 handcolored 17th Century maps, improvised atla

[Atlas]. Incomplete composite atlas of 11 double-page engraved maps in contemporary outline or full color, and 1 double-page engraved plate, dated 1742-1784. Folio. Each about 17 1/2 x 21 in., plus wide margins.

Condition report

Binding worn, several maps loose, manuscript list of the complete atlas mounted on front pastedown. Occasional light foxing and age-tining mostly in margins, partial dampstain one margin, chip in one margin, Tree of History lacks left portion of the upper 2 inches of image and has several horizontal creases. Includes: ++ Map 16: S. Desnos. Les Dix-Sept Provinces Des Pays-Bas et Les Estats Generaux des Provinces-Vnies et Le Roi de Prusse, Desnos: 1784. Areas now part of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, northern France, and southwestern Germany. Allegorical cartouche with a devil, 2 other figures, and 2 horses. ++ Maps 24-25: H. Jaillot. Les Montagnes Des Alpes. Les Pasages de France en Italie, le Duche de Milan et Les Estats du Duc de Savoie etc. 2 sheets, bound in separately. Modified version of a 1713 map by Nicolas Sanson. Paris: n.d. Cartouche with 2 cupids bearing shields. ++ 33: Jaillot. Southeastern France and Switzerland. Southern sheet to a 2-sheet map. Paris: Jaillot, n.d. ++ 35: Brion de la Tour. Carte des Etats de Boheme. Paris: 1781. ++ 37: Le Rouge. Le Royaume De Prusse. Paris: 1742. ++ 14: Desnos. La France Divisee en toutes ses Provinces avec ses Presidlaux, Baillages Dressee sur les grands Triangles measures par Mrs. Maraldi Cassini et l'Abbe de la Caille. Paris: 1789. Short split in center fold. ++ 19: Western France, Luxemburg, southwestern Germany, and other areas in central Europe. Eastern sheet to a 2-sheet map. ++ 27: Jaillot. L'Italie Divisee En Ses Principaux Estats, Royaumes, Et Republicques. Paris: 1781. ++ 29: Jaillot, L'Empire D'Allemagne," n.d. ++ 43: Southern sheet of a 2-sheet map of the European portion of Russia. Engraved by Vallet. ++ Plate [52]: "Arbre Chronologique de L'Histoire Universelle." History, from Adam and Eve to publication, branches of a tree adorned with dozens of oval-shaped panels noting king, empire, or event, usually with a date. Engraved by C. Bonnet, 1776. Cartouche dedicated to the Duke of Berri.