LE SAGE Emmanuel. Atlante storico, geografico.Venezia, Girolamo Tasso, 1826

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ALBRIZZI Giambattista. Atlante storico e geografico.Venezia, Girolamo Tasso, 1840Folio, mm. 390x280; Contemporary half calf and marbled paper binding, gilded rules, ornaments and titles on the spine; pp.[4], 183, [1], 2 bl., copper Vignette on Titlepage, 42 contemporary coloring Maps on 38 plates, many on double leaves, the left on a single leaf alone or in couple; pp. [2], 223, [15]. Nice specimen.

First entirely colored Venetian edition. The beautiful atlas of Le Sage, Emmanuel de Las Cases pseudonym, has distributed the text in columns of different sizes: the columns are campite in various colors, pink, yellow, light green, light blue, in order to differentiate the various prospects. The plates, including the entire globe terraqueous, two general globes and numerous papers related to America, are in bright contemporary coloring; all the maps are accompanied by a framed text sections. The second volume consists of the historical geographical maps concerning the most celebrated eras, and the major nations of the world until 1815. This second part is enriched by the literary histories of nations described, with interesting notes on the various works and authors of all civilizations ; historical and chronological tables on French literature are compiled from Jarry de Mancy. The work was an enormous success throughout Europe: 56 editions were printed between 1806 and 1895 in four languages.