CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Atlas Historique . Amsterdam: L'Honoré & Châtelain, 1721-1720-1714-1719-1720. 7 volumes, 2° (448 x 278mm). 5 engraved frontispieces, 7 titles printed in black and red with engraved vignettes, 280 engraved plates, many folding, including 114 maps and plans plus views, heraldic and genealogical charts. (Without the Carte très curieuse , some light spotting and browning, heavier in volume VII, several plates with small marginal tears.) Uniformly bound in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, morocco lettering-pieces, red edges (several minor splits at joints, extremities rubbed, corners bumped). A COMPLETE SET OF CHATELAIN'S ATLAS HISTORIQUE . First edition of volumes IV to VII, second edition of volumes II and III, third edition of volume I. The Atlas Historique was an ambitious work, covering a range of subjects including genealogy, cosmography, topography, heraldry and chronology. It was first published in Amsterdam in 1705-20, with a second edition published in 1732. The text was compiled by Gueudeville and Garillon with a supplement by H.P. de Limiers and the maps by Chatelain (many based on Guillaume de l'Isle . The present set includes 26 maps relating to America, but is without the Carte très Curieuse , which is usually found in volume VI. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici II pp.34-38; Phillips, Atlases 579. (7)
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743). Atlas Historique . Amsterdam: L'Honoré & Châtelain, 1721-1720-1714-1719-1720. 7 volumes, 2° (448 x 278mm). 5 engraved frontispieces, 7 titles printed in black and red with engraved vignettes, 280 engraved plates, many folding, including 114 maps and plans plus views, heraldic and genealogical charts. (Without the Carte très curieuse , some light spotting and browning, heavier in volume VII, several plates with small marginal tears.) Uniformly bound in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, morocco lettering-pieces, red edges (several minor splits at joints, extremities rubbed, corners bumped). A COMPLETE SET OF CHATELAIN'S ATLAS HISTORIQUE . First edition of volumes IV to VII, second edition of volumes II and III, third edition of volume I. The Atlas Historique was an ambitious work, covering a range of subjects including genealogy, cosmography, topography, heraldry and chronology. It was first published in Amsterdam in 1705-20, with a second edition published in 1732. The text was compiled by Gueudeville and Garillon with a supplement by H.P. de Limiers and the maps by Chatelain (many based on Guillaume de l'Isle . The present set includes 26 maps relating to America, but is without the Carte très Curieuse , which is usually found in volume VI. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici II pp.34-38; Phillips, Atlases 579. (7)
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