REGLEY. Atlas chorographique, historique et portatif des élections du royaume. Généralité de Paris... Paris, Savoye, Despilly, Duchesne, Dessaint & Saillant, Guillyn, Grangé & Dufour et chez l'auteur, 1766. In-4, 21 x 28.5 cm, VIII pp. 1 f., 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 24 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 4 + XII pp. title, frontispiece and 25 maps, all doubled, contemporary binding in marbled fawn half-calf, spine ribbed with gilt motifs.
First edition of this historical and monumental survey of the generality of Paris, illustrated with 25 beautiful engraved watercolor maps (forests and boundaries) by Louis-Charles Desnos after Cassini, and a view of today's Place de la Concorde in Paris engraved by Le Charpentier after de Sève.
Abbé Regley (b. c. 1720) was a historian and geographer.
A good copy. Spine rebound and rubbed, covers restored, corners worn.
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