DELISLE GUILLAUME-BUACHE PHILIPPE
Mappamonde a l’usage de l’instr.on…Revue et augméente des n.lles découvertes par Dézauches.
Date: Parigi,1800 about
Cod 34795
1.150,00 €
1.168
Copper engraving, 448 x 657 mm, hand-painted at the edges. Globe in two hemispheres designed by Guillaume Delisle and Philippe Buache, revised and updated with new geographical discoveries by Dézauche, who signed himself "Géographe, Successeur des S.rs De Lisle et Phil Buache in Rue des Noyers." This edition is the result of a modification of a previous edition in which the plate changes were aimed at erasing any reference to the Ancien Régime. In fact, the symbolism referring to the King is no longer found at the top center, and in the cartouche dedicated to the avertissement, the words "Avec Privilège du Roi" are replaced with "Garantie Nationale." At this time, France was under the Consulate regime led by Napoleon Bonaparte, who had come to power following the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire An 8. While no actual cartographic updates were made, it is worth noting that small arrows were added along the routes followed by Captain Cook on his three voyages to indicate the direction taken. Editorial centerfold. Overall, a good example of this decorative planisphere.
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