Lot n° 109
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Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Traité des mesures itin - Lot 109
Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Traité des mesures itinéraires anciennes et modernes. In Paris, from the Royal Printing Office, 1769. In-8 of VI-195 pp., fawn calf, smooth spine decorated with 5 bees, green morocco title-piece, triple gilt fillet on the covers (contemporary binding). First edition. Member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1754, Jean-Baptiste d'Anville was only elected in 1773 by the Académie des sciences, in the only place devoted to geography. At the same time, he was appointed the king's first geographer. He is the author of 211 maps or plans and 78 printed works or memoirs. His Treatise on ancient and modern route measurements is one of his most important works. Copy from the library of Louis-Paul Abeille, physiocratic economist, bound in his iron. Autograph signed by the author: For Mr. Abeille d'Anville. Ex-libris G. Lenfant. From the library of King Louis-Philippe to the Palais-Royal. Catalogue of books from the libraries of the late King Louis-Philippe at the Palais-Royal and Neuilly (1852), n°1298.
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