Tableau historique et géographique des Duchés d'Italie et du Royaume Lombard-Vénitien. Par Henri Duval, Chevalier de la Légion-d'Honneur; Professeur d'Histoire, de Géographie, de Belles-Lettres, etc., etc. 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 Lombardy and Venetian Kingdoms of Italy, and vicinity, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographical table of the Duchies of Italy and the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. Includes latitu...

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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 the Lombardy and Venetian Kingdoms of Italy, and vicinity, showing political boundaries, cities, topography, coastlines and routes of travel. Title translates to: Historical and geographical table of the Duchies of Italy and the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. 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 Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. Also features broader texts on the entire area shown: Précis historique [= Historical background], "Généalogie des ducs de Toscane, de Modène, de Milan et de Parme" [= Genealogy of the dukes of Tuscany, Modena, Milan and Parma], "Presonnages célèbres" [= Famous people], and a chronology, spanning from 568 "Conquête de la Toscane par les Lombards" [= Conquest of Tuscany by the Lombards], to 1540 "L'Empereur donne le Milanais á son fils Philippe" [= The Emperor gives the Milanese to his son Philippe]. 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 16 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 political ...