Achille Meissas & Auguste Michelot - Petit Atlas Élémentaire - 1835

Fascinating illustrated edition of 6 maps on a double page, engraved on steel, with colored outlines, from this geography work designed for elementary education in the 19th century and intended to offer students a clear, methodical, and synthetic representation of the world known at that time -

The atlas gathers a series of geographical maps accompanied by political, physical, and historical indications, allowing young readers to understand the organization of continents, kingdoms, empires, and the main administrative divisions -

The authors usually begin by presenting the fundamental notions of geography, such as the shape of the Earth, seas, mountains, rivers, climates, and the divisions between continents, in order to provide students with a basic understanding before the detailed study of countries -

Europe occupies a central place in the work, in line with the pedagogical vision of the era, 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 - 1835 - L. Hachette
6 maps

Good binding condition, the work in its original gray half-cloth binding, boards covered with blue dominoté paper, wear from use, minor defects on the cover, some tears on the back, speckled edges, spine smooth and without lettering, the first plate titled in black on the title piece -

Good interior condition, light browning, attractive vignette on the title page, the work enhanced with 6 double-page maps, engraved on steel, with colored outlines, a pleasant copy signed –

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