SN - Atlas-général - 1891





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Atlas-général, an illustrated French atlas by SN, published in Gotha in 1891, with a red faux-leather binding, 37 copper-engraved coloured maps across 37 pages, original French language, covering cartography and geography, in good condition.
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Beautiful edition enriched with 37 colored and copper-engraved maps offering a complete and methodical representation of the world through precise and richly detailed maps intended for both educational and scientific use -
The work features maps covering the continents, the states, the seas and the main regions of the globe, highlighting the reliefs, hydrographic networks, political boundaries and major cities, while integrating up-to-date data on territorial divisions and zones of influence -
The maps are accompanied by clear legends, rigorous scales and toponymic indications allowing for precise and comparative reading of spaces, thus facilitating the understanding of geographic and geopolitical relationships -
The atlas also reflects the cartographic advances of its time, notably in the accuracy of tracings, standardization of symbols and attention given to topographic and political details -
Designed for students, teachers and geography enthusiasts, it promotes the development of spatial memory, analytical thinking and general culture, while constituting a reference tool for knowledge of the world at the end of the 19th century -
SN - Atlas-général - 1891 - Gotha -
37 colored maps
Good binding condition, work in its red half-binding with edition corners, signs of use, front hinge crack, minor defects on covers and spine, worn tops and corners, marbled edges, plain spine, first plate titled in gold letters -
Good interior condition, browning, enriched with 37 colored and copper-engraved maps, endpapers in decent condition -
Delivery service available within a few days –
Beautiful edition enriched with 37 colored and copper-engraved maps offering a complete and methodical representation of the world through precise and richly detailed maps intended for both educational and scientific use -
The work features maps covering the continents, the states, the seas and the main regions of the globe, highlighting the reliefs, hydrographic networks, political boundaries and major cities, while integrating up-to-date data on territorial divisions and zones of influence -
The maps are accompanied by clear legends, rigorous scales and toponymic indications allowing for precise and comparative reading of spaces, thus facilitating the understanding of geographic and geopolitical relationships -
The atlas also reflects the cartographic advances of its time, notably in the accuracy of tracings, standardization of symbols and attention given to topographic and political details -
Designed for students, teachers and geography enthusiasts, it promotes the development of spatial memory, analytical thinking and general culture, while constituting a reference tool for knowledge of the world at the end of the 19th century -
SN - Atlas-général - 1891 - Gotha -
37 colored maps
Good binding condition, work in its red half-binding with edition corners, signs of use, front hinge crack, minor defects on covers and spine, worn tops and corners, marbled edges, plain spine, first plate titled in gold letters -
Good interior condition, browning, enriched with 37 colored and copper-engraved maps, endpapers in decent condition -
Delivery service available within a few days –

