Antoine Pluche - Concorde De La Géographie Des Différens Ages - 1764

Concordance of the Geography of the Different Ages,

a posthumous book by Abbé Noël Antoine Pluche,

published in Paris by the Estienne brothers in 1764 (M. DCC. LXIV).

Author: Abbé Noël Antoine Pluche (1688-1761), renowned for his educational and naturalist works such as The Spectacle of Nature.

Title: Concordance of the Geography of the Different Ages (a treatise comparing ancient and modern geography).

Publisher: The Estienne Brothers, Rue Saint-Jacques, at la Vertu, in Paris.

Publication date: 1764 (indicated by the roman numerals M. DCC. LXIV.)

Binding: Full antique calf leather with a characteristic marbled decoration of the period, spine with 5 cords framed by gilt florets.

1 plate by ABBÉ Antoine Pluche

13 double folding plates, including:
Preface World Map
Page 1: Africa
Page 39: Asia
Page 53: The East Indies
Page 91: America
Page 129: Europe
Page 143: Arabia and Egypt
Page 201: France
Page 313: The Holy Land
Page 323: the Mediterranean
Page 381: Asia Minor
Page 387: Greece
Page 393: The Map of the Orient

511 pages - 17/10 cm - 453 g