COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Title Page: Atlas des enfans.
Obj Height cm:
17
Obj Width cm:
10
Note:
Title page with frontispiece showing child shouldering a celestial globe, with ships and people using astronomical instruments.
Full Title:
(Title Page to) Atlas des enfans, ou nouvelle methode pour apprendre la geographie, avec un nouveau traite de la Sphere, et XXIV cartes enluminees. Nouvelle edition, corrigee & augmentee. A Lyon, Chez Jean-Marie Bruyset, Pere & Fils. M.DCC.LXXXIV.
List No:
4122B
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1784
Pub Title:
Atlas des enfans, ou nouvelle methode pour apprendre la geographie, avec un nouveau traite de la Sphere, et XXIV cartes enluminees. Nouvelle edition, corrigee & augmentee. A Lyon, Chez Jean-Marie Bruyset, Pere & Fils. M.DCC.LXXXIV.
Pub Reference:
cf P1304 (1760 edition); Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.BRUY-a1 (1774 ed.)
Pub Note:
A later edition, updated from the first 1760 edition. The maps are interesting in that they use a system of numbers and letters for geographical features and political subdivisions, which are keyed to the text as an aid to help the student memorize the information. Brown leather with gilt design and title on spine.
Pub List No:
4122.000
Pub Maps:
24
Pub Height cm:
17
Pub Width cm:
10
Image No:
4122B
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2006
Publisher Location:
Lyon
Publisher:
Jean-Marie Bruyset
Type:
Title Page
World Area:
World
Subject:
School
Publication Author:
Bruyset, Jean-Marie
Attributed Publication Author:
Schneider, J. H.
Pub Type:
School Atlas
Author:
Bruyset, Jean-Marie
Date:
1784
Attributed Author:
Schneider, J. H.
Title Page: Atlas des enfans.
