1757 -VAUGONDY-ATLAS UNIVERSEL(HUGE!) 108 Engraved Maps Start Price USD 30,500.00 Current Price USD 30,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, September 02, 2008 End Time Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Location Longueuil See more about '1757 -VAUGONDY-ATLAS UNIVERSEL(HUGE!) 108 Engraved Maps' Description 9017-2107Quebecinc Store 1757 -VAUGONDY-ATLAS UNIVERSEL(HUGE!) 108 Engraved Maps   1757ATLAS UNIVERSELbyROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles & Didier    108 CARTES (108 MAPS)HUGE ATLAS (21 x 15½ inches)  *** Éditeur / Editor:  les Auteurs & BoudetLieu d'Édition, Année / Place of printing, Year:  Paris, 1757 Description:  Engraved title, 108 engraved maps (3 folding, 105 double-page), all hand-coloured in outline and mounted on guards, each map with original stencilled title on the verso, uncut. (Occasional browning and creasing, a few small stains). Expertly bound to style in 18th-century diced Russia, covers with gilt borders, spine elaborately gilt in eight compartments, black morocco lettering piece in the second.  Provenance: John Wickins (inscription dated 1761 on front pastedown). General informations:  A fine uncut copy of the Robert de Vaugondy's great atlas.  Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy were descendents of Nicolas Sanson, and their atlas is clearly a continuation of Sanson's great work, "Cartes Générales de Toutes les Parties de Monde" published in 1654 and later enhanced and enlarged by Hubert Jaillot.  Of the 108 maps, 12 are of the ancient world and 96 reflect modern geography.  The Robert de Vaugondys, following Sanson's example, include maps of the postal routes, roads and canal systems of the European countries but herein they are significantly more accurate.  Special attention has been paid to the Far East and to North America where the French explorers made such important strides during the eighteenth century.  The maps of the East Indies, China, Japan; the maps of Africa and Egypt; and the maps of North America, Canada, Virginia & Maryland, Colonies Angloises are especially interesting in this atlas because they represent the latest exploration.  In particular, California and Australia are represented in truer form.   Nordenskivld 245; NMM 266; Phillips 619; Sabin 71863    LIST OF ALL THE MAPS:  SUPERB ATLAS!  ***  Expédition / Shipping:Ship by (livraison par) FEDEX CANADA & USA: $40.00 // Worldwide (Ailleurs dans le monde): $50.00 Please contact us about shipping discount when you win more than one auctions. Si vous remportez plus d'une enchère, nous jumelerons les items pour diminuer les frais de livraison. All books are fully guaranteed and if not as described or photographed may be returned within 10 days for immediate refund.  Tout les livres sont garantis et si vous n'êtes pas satisfait, vous avez 10 jours pour nous les retourner. When packaging our items for shipping, we ALWAYS use protective materials.  Lors de l'expédition, nous emballons soigneusement les items pour les protéger durant le transport. NOTE: I am a bookseller.  If you want to have more information about my bookstore, do not hesitate to contact me. NOTE: Je suis un libraire spécialisé dans les livres rares et anciens.  Si vous désirez de plus amples information sur mon magasin, n'hésitez pas à me contacter. Place a Bid!