DANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste. Petit Atlas de l'Ancien Monde. S.l - Lot 37

DANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste. Petit Atlas de l'Ancien Monde. S.l s.d. In-8, bound in brown half-leather. 2 ff.n.ch., 8 folding maps in color from in-4 to in-folio. Handwritten title page. Handwritten title page. Spine worn, worn, spine ends split. Top board about to detach. Some foxing, yellowing of page margins. Composite collection of seven color maps by d'Anville, the great majority engraved by Blondeau. Included at the end of the book is a map of the Holy Land by Rigobert Bonne, engraved by Semen. Details of the maps: "Monde connu des anciens", "Partie occidentale de l'Empire Romain" (2 maps numbered "41 et 42" and "43 et 44"), "Partie orientale de l'Empire Romain" (2 maps numbered "45 et 46" and "47 et 48"), "Italie ancienne" (paginée XXXV), "Carte de l'expédition d'Alexandre", "Carte de la Terre-Sainte contenant les douze tribus d'Israël" (paginée XXXIV). Pleasant set, good condition of the maps.