Genealogical, Chronological, Historical, and Geographical Atlas, Exhibiting all the Royal Families in Europe, their Origin, Descent, Marriages &c.

Mr. Le Sage.

Edité par London: J. Barfield., 1801

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First edition. Folio. [108] pp. With the subscriber's list and instructions for the use of the maps, plus contents and erratas. A complete copy of the 25 maps as first issued: The whole forming the most complete and comprehensive Work ever offered to the Attention of the Public. All maps and charts (some folding) with period hand-colouring, all edges uncut and bound on stubs. In contemporary half-calf and marbled paper sides with morocco letter-piece gilt to front board. A bold venture whereby Mr. le Sage sought to teach History upon a new plan, by which he answers that his Scholar will be fully acquainted with all the modern History in the space of six months, or 72 lessons. A Prospectus of his Plan and Terms may be had at No. 19, Little Russell Street, Bloomsbury. The atlas comprised 20 monthly parts, (price to subscribers 1s. 6d. Four Numbers being paid at once, 6s. - To Non-subscribers 2s. 6d.) Subscriptions were received till January, 1800, at the Author's, No. 26, South-Street, Manchester-Square. Professor Jeremy Black in his article Mapping the Past states that: A normative pattern for the historical atlas was set in the first half of the nineteenth century, as works appeared that were reprinted in several different countries. The most important atlas initially was the Genealogical, Chronological, Historical and Geographical Atlas (London, 1801; Paris, 1803 4) of Le Sage (Marie-Joseph-Emmanuel-Auguste Dieudonné de Las Cases). An émigré marquis who had become a teacher in London, the pedagogic Las Cases presented his historical maps as part of a compendium of historical knowledge an approach that became less popular later in the century but has gained popularity over the past few decades. The provision of other forms of information limits the need for the maps to bear a weight of information that is frequently excessive in visual terms and which cannot be readily expressed in a cartographic form. Expanding the definition of the term ma p, Las Cases used what he termed genealogical and chronological maps in short genealogical tables and time-charts. He did not view these as different from the geographical maps, but presented them as devices to disseminate knowledge by fixing location. Anticipating modern atlases, Las Cases stressed the complementarity of his devices. The plan of the 1801 edition claimed that pupils would find relative spaces impossible to confuse: they would learn from the historical map the distance of time just as they learned the distance of places on the geographical map; they would determine the situation of Elizabeth with respect to William the Conqueror or George the Third just as easily as they would that of London to Edinburgh or Portsmouth. All contents in excellent condition and with the original free end-papers. Spine, corners and end-papers are later replacements. A lovely and complete copy of this rare and important atlas.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Genealogical, Chronological, Historical, and Geographical Atlas, Exhibiting all the Royal Families in Europe, their Origin, Descent, Marriages &c.
• Éditeur: London: J. Barfield.
• Date de parution: 1801
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good