Le Chevalier de Roujoux & Vosgien - Nouveau dictionnaire géographique universel - 1828

Exciting illustrated edition of this vast encyclopedic enterprise that aims to offer nineteenth-century readers a comprehensive synthesis of geographical knowledge available -

The work gathers, in alphabetical form, detailed notices on the countries, cities, regions and main places of the known world, integrating data from recent explorations and advances in cartography -

It is distinguished by its universalist ambition, seeking to embrace the whole globe and to provide practical, historical and statistical information, useful to both scholars and travelers -

The authors, heirs to the tradition of eighteenth‑century geographical dictionaries, enrich their work with references to modern discoveries and to the political transformations of the era, marked by the Napoleonic upheavals and the reconfiguration of European states -

Rare and sought-after, this dictionary embodies the will to make global knowledge accessible, while offering collectors a precious witness to the erudition and encyclopedic spirit of the time -

Le Chevalier de Roujoux & Vosgien - Vosgien. Nouveau dictionnaire géographique universel - 1828 - Belin-Mandar et Devaux - Corbet Aîné, Belin-Mandar et Devaux -
694 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, work in its full brown morocco of the period, signs of wear, some minor defects on the cover, tips and corners worn, marbled edges, smooth back embellished with gilded fillets and fleurons, gilded title on morocco piece -

Good interior condition, light browning or slight damp stains, work enriched with engraved plates and maps some folding, endpapers in decent condition, pleasant copy -

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