ATLAS - DESNOS (Louis Charles). Atlas national... Lot 14

[ATLAS] - DESNOS (Louis Charles). Atlas national et général de la France divisée en ses 83 Départemens, formant la nouvle division du Royaume, Suivant le Décret de l'Assemblée Nale Sanctionné par le Roi, le 4 Mars 1790 Assujettis aux nouvelles Observations de M. M. de l'Académie Rle des Sciences. Paris: Desnos, [1791]. -In-24, 119x63: dedication, title, (2 ff. table), 49 maps, 1 table plate, (6 ff. calendar). Red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, gilt edges (period binding). Miniature atlas published by geographer and bookseller Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805), dedicated to the King and illustrated with an engraved dedication leaf, an engraved title, two printed table leaves, a fold-out general color map of France, 48 double-page color maps, and six printed leaves including the calendar for 1792. A complete copy. The general map and the map of Corsica at the end are not mentioned in the table. The first two leaves and all the maps, except the fold-out one, have been engraved on strong bluish laid paper. A very well preserved copy in contemporary binding.