Atlas des enfans, ou methode nouvelle, courte, facile et demonstrative, pour apprendre la geographie en XXII carte enluminee. Avec un nouveau traite de la sphere

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Sixth edition. 18mo. Hardcover. Old full brown calf over boards, gilt floret spine decorations, black spine label with gilt title. 17×10.5×3 cm. J.H. Schneider. Amsterdam. 1785. xii, 272 pages. Engraved frontis, 24 hand-colored fold-out maps. Good, light wear to corners and spine ends, scattered light dampstains affecting the text more than the maps, old bookseller’s pencil notes to pastedown. French text. A popular eighteen century atlas with hand-colored maps intended for the instruction of children in geography. The frontis has an engraving of a child atlas supporting the world. The text includes explanations of maps and questions and answers for each region. weight: 0.7 lb.