DESNOS (Louis Charles). - Lot 19

DESNOS (Louis Charles). Étrennes Utiles et Nécessaires Aux Commerçans et Voyageurs ou indicateur fidèle Enseignant toutes les Routes Royales et particulières de la France, et les Chemins de Communication qui traversent les grandes Routes... Paris : S. Desnos, 1774. - In-24, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate smooth spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges, dark green parchment slipcase. New edition of this miniature atlas published by geographer and bookseller Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805), illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title, 2 double-page maps of the environs of Paris and France, and 156 copper-engraved and colored route maps. At the end is the Table des routes and, in continuous pagination, an Addition de la table and a notice by the publisher. A fine copy in contemporary morocco, preserved in its original slipcase. Used rubbing to binding.