[Atlas Nouveau : contenant toutes les parties du monde, ou sont exactement rémarquees les empires, monarchies, royaumes, etats, republiques &c /
L'Isle, Guillaume de,1675-1726.
Bancks, John,1709-1751.
Cóvens et Mortier.
[Amsterdam : Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier,
ca. 1745].
Relief shown pictorially.
Wants title page.
Added title (also wanting) : [Atlas novus ad usum serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis ...].
Atlas comprising maps from Covens & Mortier's "Atlas nouveau ..." based on the maps of de l'Isle and published in various editions between 1730 and 1760 ; excluding provincial maps of France, and circles of Germany.
Maps dedicated to Duke of Burgundy, or to Louis XV.
On fly leaf: MS. list of contents ; signature "J. Bancks. The Gift of Mrs. Mechell, Aug. 29th 1749" ; note "NB./ All the General maps of Delisle's set are in this volume, and very few of the particular ones are wanting, except the provincial maps of France.
Some maps with hand coloured boundaries, a few also with towns painted red.
Plates folded and mounted on guards.
Koeman,
Royal Scottish Geographical Society