Philippe Buache, Explanation and Development of the General - Lot 279

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Philippe Buache, Explanation and Development of the General - Lot 279
Philippe Buache, Explanation and Development of the General Map of the Holy History presented to Monsignor le Dauphin, To be used for the instruction of Monsignor le Duc de Bourgogne. Without place or date [1750 ca]. In-4 of 8 pp., modern cardboard. First edition. "As Holy History is the first of all, & at the same time that of Religion, it is with it that one should start. After having given the most general idea of the Four Parts of the World on a Globe or on a Map of the World, one must observe the Earth which was the first inhabited, & where the Holy History took place in the first ages of the World. Philippe Buache (1700-1773), the King's geographer in 1729, member of the Academy of Sciences in 1730, drew a Physical Atlas (1754) and published numerous geographical memoirs in the Academy's collection. The map is missing.
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