Tableau historique et géographique des Royaumes de Belgique et de Hollande. 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. 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 Madame, No 30.
Engraved, hand-colored map of Belgium and Holland, and vicinity, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographic table of the Kingdoms of Belgium and Holland. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Accompanied by...
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| Summary: | Engraved, hand-colored map of Belgium and Holland, and vicinity, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographic table of the Kingdoms of Belgium and Holland. 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 blue for West Flanders. Also features broader texts on the entire area shown: Précis historique [= Historical background], "Généalog. des comtes de Flandre, Hollande et Stathouders" [= Genealogy of the Counts of Flanders, Holland and Stathouders],"Presonnages célèbres" [= Famous people], and a chronology, spanning from 892 "Révolte de Baudoin II contre Eudes" [= Revolt of Baudoin II against Eudes], to 1836 "Schisme religieux" [= Religious schism]. Additionally, provides information on colonies in Asia, Africa and the Americas, population, religions, economy, climate, mountains and rivers, etc. 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 15 x 12 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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