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Memoires pour Servir a l'Histoire & au Progres de l'Astronomie, de la Geography, & de la Physique.

A treatise on astronomy & geography for mapmaking

DE L'ISLE, Joseph Nicolas.

Memoires pour Servir a l'Histoire & au Progres de l'Astronomie, de la Geography, & de la Physique. St Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, 1738. 1738

Description

Joseph Nicolas de L'Isle (1688-1741) was a cartographer, mapmaker and publisher of maps and atlases; he founded the Academy of Sciences of St Petersburg and helped compile the 'Atlas Russicus', the first atlas of Russia.

Current Condition

4to; full calf gilt, inner hinges strained; pp. 284 + (12)(tables), 13 folding engraved plates. With the bookplate of Frank S. Streeter.

Binding

Full calf gilt,

Price

£3500.00 (Stock Code: 12397)