[ATLAS]. MENTELLE (Edme).
Atlas of the Eighty-Eight Departments of the French Republic, intended for administrators, merchants, businesspeople, and those studying the geography of France. Paris: Bureau des Révolutions de Paris, n.d. [circa 1794]. Oblong 12mo, contemporary cardboard binding.

86 numbered maps, including one folded (No. 84, “Département du Mont-Blanc”), engraved by TARDIEU or DALENCOUR.
From the Loynel Library, with ex-libris.
An old handwritten list of the departments in alphabetical order on the flyleaf, which indeed lists 86 maps.
Binding is worn; slight foxing.
A COPY IN WHICH THE MAPS HAVE BEEN PAINTED WITH WATERCOLOR STROKES.
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[ATLAS]. MENTELLE (Edme). Atlas of the Eighty-Eight Departments of the French Republic, intended for administrators, merchants, businesspeople, and those studying the geography of France. Paris: Bureau des Révolutions de Paris, n.d. [circa 1794]. Oblong 12mo, contemporary cardboard binding. 86 numbered maps, including one folded (No. 84, “Département du Mont-Blanc”), engraved by TARDIEU or DALENCOUR. From the Loynel Library, with ex-libris. An old handwritten list of the departments in alphabetical order on the flyleaf, which indeed lists 86 maps. Binding is worn; slight foxing. A COPY IN WHICH THE MAPS HAVE BEEN PAINTED WITH WATERCOLOR STROKES.

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[ATLAS]. MENTELLE (Edme). Atlas of the Eighty-Eight Departments of the French Republic, intended for administrators, merchants, businesspeople, and those studying the geography of France. Paris: Bureau des Révolutions de Paris, n.d. [circa 1794]. Oblong 12mo, contemporary cardboard binding. 86 numbered maps, including one folded (No. 84, “Département du Mont-Blanc”), engraved by TARDIEU or DALENCOUR. From the Loynel Library, with ex-libris. An old handwritten list of the departments in alphabetical order on the flyleaf, which indeed lists 86 maps. Binding is worn; slight foxing. A COPY IN WHICH THE MAPS HAVE BEEN PAINTED WITH WATERCOLOR STROKES.
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