ATLAS Lot n° 19

LEVASSEUR, Victor. ATLAS NATIONAL. Illustrated with the 86 Departments and Possessions of France. Divided by Arrondissements, Cantons and Communes, with traces of all roads, railroads and canals. Edit. A. Combette. Paris, 1846. in-folio, half-black basane, tired, with minor defects (period binding). Double-page engraved title-frontispiece, statistical table and 100 double-page engraved maps mounted on tabs, framed with illustrations and enhanced in color. First edition of this beautiful atlas drawn by Victor Levasseur, illustrated by A.M. Perrot and Raymond Bonheur, and engraved by Laguillermie, Rainaud, Piat, Smith, Boiton, etc. Each map is framed by its own composition, with a legend and statistical information on the territory. There are 7 maps of continents and France at the top, and 6 maps of colonies and overseas territories (Algeria, Bourbon Island, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Senegal, French Guiana, etc.) at the bottom.