Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d'Histoire. Dedié a Monsieur le President Hénault (and) Atlas Historique et Geographique Paris, l'Auteur & Desnos (vol. I) Leather 40x32 cm, 57 double-folio leaves, all engraved including engraved ornamental title in rococo-style (leaves numb. 1-57) First edition of this atlas, which could be called an Atlas-series, as the different part were sold separately, thus the first volume, having its own title, deals with the historical development of cosmography, geology, astronomy, oceanography, winds, streams etc. and illustrates this in a series of impressive pictures with globes, spheres, continents, world-systems etc.etc. Having many maps of the continents, globe-projections, etc.