BRUÉ, A.H. (ADRIEN-HUBERT).

Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique et Historique, Ancienne et Moderne, contenant : Les Cartes Generales et particulieres des Cinq Parties du Monde; Dresse conformement aux progres de la Science Pour servir a la lecture des meilleurs ouvrages de Geographie et d' Histoire.

Paris, Chez L'Auteur, 1822. Imperial folio. (53,5 x 37,5 cm.). Contemp. (original) hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Large orig. printed orange titlelabel on frontboard. Bookmark of CH. Picquet on inside frontboard (commissioned seller). Spine and edges rubbed. First inner hinge weak. Engraved title-page, engraved Table of content, (2) pp. and 35 (of 36) double-page folded engraved maps, all handcoloured in outline (except one map: Mappemonde Physique, which is uncoloured). The maps (dated 1820-25) are numbered 1-36, No. 18 lacks: "France, partie Occidentale". One extra map inserted "Carte generale de Colombie", dated 1826. All maps fine and clean, the map of Fance with 2 small closed tears, no loss.

First edition of this atlas. It includes two maps of North America: , "Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale", dated 1820 and "Carte General des Etats-Unis, du Canada et d'une Partie des Pays Adjacent." Dated 1825, and 2 world maps "Mappemonde Physique" and "Mappemonde en deux Hémisphéres" - Phillips Atlases 758 (later ed.).

Order-nr.: 53597