Tableau historique et géographique de l'histoire de France, Ire et IIme race. Par Henri Duval, Chevalier de la Légion-d'Honneur; Professeur d'Histoire, de Géographie, de Belles-Lettres, etc., etc. Gravé par Laguillermie rue des Noyers No. 56. 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 France and vicinity, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographic table of the history of France, first and second race. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Accompanied by desc...

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Main Authors: Duval, Henri (Henri Louis Nicolas), 1783-1854, Laguillermie, active 1830-1854
Format: Map
Language:unknown
Published: Terzuolo 1839
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Summary:Engraved, hand-colored map of France and vicinity, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographic table of the history of France, first and second race. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Accompanied by descriptive text in tables within margins. Tables are color-coded in association with each region shown, such as pink for Brittany. Also features broader texts on the entire area shown: Précis historique : Première race [= Historical background : First race] -- Précis historique : Deuxième race [= Historical background : Second race], as well as "Généalogie de la Ire race" [= Genealogy of the first race], Généalogie, IIe race" [= Genealogy, second race],"Presonnages célèbres" [= Famous people], as well as a chronology for both the first and second races, spanning from 264 "1re invasion des Francs dans le Gaule" [= First invasion of the Franks in Gaul], to 987 "Mort de Louis V. Fin de la deuxième race" [= Death of Louis V. End of the second race]. 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 19 x 27 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 ...