1774 Geography ATLAS 16 Maps Africa Italy Asia America California Island Buffier



Known primarily for his contributions to philosophy, Claude Buffier, a 17th-century French Jesuit historian, published a work of universal geography. This work, which went through numerous editions and titles into the late 18th-century, describes each of the worlds continents and major world powers on each. This atlas, along with previous editions, were published at a time before extensive knowledge of the world was common. Buffier atlases are well-known to show California as an island off the American west coast!



Item number: #19682

Price: $750



BUFFIER, Claude



Geographie universelle : exposeÌe dans les differentes meÌthodes qui peuvent abreÌger leÌtude & faciliter lusage de cette science. Avec le secours des vers artificiels.



A Paris : Chez Pierre-François Giffart, 1774.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xviii, [2], 324, [4], 325-383, [1]

16 engraved maps

Language: French

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10.5cm)



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