[Atlas]. Dheulland, G. - Lot 47

[Atlas]. Dheulland, G. Carte Nouvelle du Duché de Brabant et partie de la Hollande. Paris, Dheulland, [1747]. General map and 24 folded maps, watercolored boundaries, In-4° narrow, marbled brown calf, richly decorated and gilt ribbed spine, gilt edges, red edges (period binding, in modern slipcase). Rare map of Brabant, presented here as a portable atlas of a theater of war, published for French officers towards the end of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). According to the Mercure de France (June 1948), this atlas was presented to King Louis XV in 1747. Ex libris Jean-Marie Barez A fine copy in perfect condition, apart from a small marginal worm gallery at the beginning of the volume. AP Photo of binding and 1 or 2 maps, including the first one