Bonne, Rigobert
1778

Antique title page to the miniature Atlas Maritime

Title page for Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France avec des cartes particulières des isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume.

DESCRIPTION: Scarce antique miniature title page to Rigobert Bonne's miniature sea atlas of coastal France. Bonne's scarce atlas contained 12 miniature nautical charts of coastal France and 18 miniature plates of port and harbor plans. With Table of Contents, colored attractive frontispiecce, and end notes.

From Rigobert Bonne's miniature nautical atlas "Atlas maritime ou Cartes réduites de toutes les Côtes de France avec des cartes particulières des isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume." Published by Lattre from Paris. With the royal privilege. Engraved by Monnet after a design by L. Legrand.

Rigobert Bonne was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine.

CREATOR: Bonne, Rigobert

PUBLICATION DATE: 1778

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: France

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Good.  On strong, heavy solid paper. Lightly age toned.

COLORING: Original period hand coloring.

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SIZE: 3 " x 4 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 7

PRICE: $200

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