CLOUET, Abbé. - Lot 123

Lot 123
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CLOUET, Abbé. - Lot 123
CLOUET, Abbé. Geographie moderne avec une introduction (...) corrigée et augmentée des nouvelles découvertes du célèbre capitaine Cook et des changements arrivés dans l'Amérique septentrional. Paris, Mondhare, 1787. 1 vol. in-folio. Half 19th century basane, green vellum boards, gilt spine, red morocco title page. Fully engraved work including a title by Berthault, a dedication by Clouet, engraved by Petit, 68 double-page maps engraved in intaglio and a table of contents leaf. Nice set of maps in period colors, including on two columns framing the map an explanation of the latter. Lack and stains to the title engraving. Traces of moisture from map 65 onwards, important in the engraved text of map 68 and in the table of contents. Spine rubbed, lower spine missing, beginning of split at the spine, dulling at the edges, stains on the vellum.
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