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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’ANVILLE (1697-1782) 
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Atlas de géographie ancienne, pour servir a l’intelligence des oeuvres de Rollin, gravé d’après les cartes originales de d’Anville A Paris, chez Ledoux et Tenré, de l’imprimerie de Didot le Jeune, 1818 Folio (350x280); [2] leaves (Title page and index), 27 double-page engraved maps, [5] double-page engraved maps. Contemporary boards. First 2 leaves slightly foxed; light waterstain throughout, darker through the end. A reasonable copy.
Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville was secretary to the duke of Orléans, was named royal geographer in 1717 and concluded his career as chief royal geographer and assistant geographer to the Académie Royale des Sciences. “D’Anville contributed greatly to the renaissance of geography and cartography in France in the eighteenth century. He was the author of 211 maps or plans, and from his first publications he demonstrated great intellectual honesty by leaving unknown territories (the interior of Africa, America, and Asia) blank, contrary to the practice of many cartographers, who used ornaments - the less their knowledge of a territory, the greater the ornamentation.” (DSB). “French geographer and cartographer who greatly improved the standards of map-making. From an early age d’Anville continued the reform of French cartography begun by Guillaume Delisle, but he was also a reputable classical scholar, and many of his memoirs and maps relate to ancient and medieval geography. He displayed exceptional judgment in his choice and use of past authorities and a detailed knowledge of measures of distance, and he adjusted his measurements where possible to astronomically determined positions.” (Encyclopedia Britannica). The atlas was aimed to illustrated the works by the French historian Charles Rollin (1661-1741); “His once famous Ancient History (Paris, 1730-38), and the less generally read Roman History, which followed it, were avowed compilations, uncritical and somewhat inaccurate. But they instructed and interested generation after generation almost to the present day.” (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911). REF. DSB; Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911. (Seller ref. MC0256)
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