Tableau historique et géographique de l'Empire d'Orient, Croisades, Grèce Moderne. Par Henri Duval, Chevalier de la Légion-d'Honneur; Professeur d'Histoire, de Géographie, de Belles-Lettres, etc., etc. Imprimé par Lemarchand. Delloye, Libraire, Place de la Bourse, No 13. Tous les Exemplaires ont le Timbre de l'Auteur. Imprimerie de Terzuolo, Successeur de M. Plassan, Rue de Vaugirard, No 11.
Engraved, hand-colored map of the Holy Land and vicinity, including Greece, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographic table of the Eastern Empire, Crusades, Modern Greece. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal li...
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| Summary: | Engraved, hand-colored map of the Holy Land and vicinity, including Greece, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographic table of the Eastern Empire, Crusades, Modern Greece. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Accompanied by descriptive text in tables within margins. Tables are color-coded in association with each country shown, such as green for Tripoli. Also features broader texts on the entire area shown: Précis historique [= Historical background], "Généalogies des empereurs d'Orient et des rois de Jérusalem" [= Genealogies of the Eastern Emperors and the kings of Jerusalem], "Presonnages célèbres" [= Famous people], and a chronology, spanning from 367 "Valens reçoit le baptême des Ariens" [= Valens receives the baptism of the Arians], to 1288 "Prise d'Antoiche et de Tripoli. Fin de la puissance des Francs en Orient" [= Capture of Antoiche and Tripoli. End of the power of the Franks in the East]. With addresses in top corners: L'Auteur, Rue des Martyrs, no 23, Chaussée-d'Antin -- Adopté pour les maisons Royles d'Éducation de la Légion-d'Honneur. Map is 12 x 18 cm, on sheet 42 x 61 cm. In second section: Histoire et géographie modernes [= Modern history and geography]. Henri Duval’s scientific world atlas, Atlas universel des sciences, published in Paris in 1839. Title translates to: Universal atlas of sciences. Bound in pinkish board with a vellum spine. Authorship and title gilded on spine. Collation: [8] pages, 50 double leaves of plates. Contains 33 engraved, hand-colored maps, as well as 11 engraved views (7 in color; 4 in black and white). Geographic coverage extends to the entire globe, with one world map and others representing the Eastern Hemisphere, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and the North Pole. Also features Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Papal States, the Holy Land, the Middle East, the Empire of the Caliphs, the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire. Maps show ... |
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