Alexis Donnet | Carte topographique, minéralogique et statistique de la France, Paris, 1817, green quarter morocco cases

Alexis Donnet

Carte topographique, minéralogique et statistique de la France réduite de celle de Cassini. Paris: Hyacinthe Langlois, 1817

engraved map, comprising the 'Tableau d'Assemblage' sheet and 24 numbered sheets (25 total), hand-coloured in outline, mounted on 25 folding linen sheets, vellum pull tags lettered and numbered in manuscript, in 2 contemporary French green quarter morocco gilt cases, extremities of cases slightly rubbed

A beautifully preserved copy, with plates after Donnet and by R. Wahl, Dandeleux and Malo. Donnet is likewise the author of a large map of Paris and its environs.