Achille Meissas & Auguste Michelot - Petit Atlas Élémentaire - 1850

Fascinating illustrated edition of 8 maps in black and white as well as in color, on double-page plates of this 19th-century geography work designed for elementary education and intended to offer students a clear, methodical, and synthetic representation of the world as known at that time -

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

The authors typically 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 keeping with the pedagogical vision of the era, with detailed maps of France, the German states, the Austrian Empire, Russia, England, Spain, Italy, and other European powers -

Achille Meissas and Auguste Michelot - Petit Atlas Élémentaire - SD (Around 1850) - L. Hachette et Cie -
8 maps in black and white

Good binding condition, paperback in its original soft-cover print, spine/strip, slight signs of wear, gilded top edges, worn heads, corners worn, smooth spine, first cover titled in black, text in two columns on the second cover –

Good interior condition, browning, beautiful vignette on the title page, the work enriched with 8 maps in black and white as well as in color, on double-page plates, a pleasing copy signed –

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