Achille Meissas & Auguste Michelot - Petit Atlas Élémentaire - 1847

Fascinating illustrated edition featuring 6 beautiful full-page color maps from this geography book designed for elementary education in the 19th century, intended to give pupils a clear, systematic, and concise representation of the world as it was then known –

The atlas brings together a series of geographical maps accompanied by political, physical, and historical information, enabling young readers to understand the organization of continents, kingdoms, empires, and the main administrative divisions –

The authors generally begin by presenting the fundamental concepts of geography, such as the shape of the Earth, seas, mountains, rivers, climates, and the divisions between continents, providing pupils with a foundation before they study individual countries in detail –

Europe occupies a central place in the book, in keeping with the educational outlook of the period, with detailed maps of France, the German states, the Austrian Empire, Russia, England, Spain, Italy, and the other European powers –

Achille Meissas & Auguste Michelot - Petit Atlas Élémentaire - n.d. (circa 1847) - Meissas, L. Hachette et Cie -
6 color maps

Binding in good condition. Paperback volume in its original printed soft covers, cloth spine, light signs of wear, speckled edges, smooth unlettered spine, front cover titled in black, text in two columns on the back cover –

Interior in good condition, slight browning, attractive vignette on the title page, volume enhanced with 6 color plates, pleasing signed copy –

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