Lot 08127

on the hill of the same name, can be seen overlooking the city. Twenty other places of interest are numbered in the view, with corresponding information found in the French text below the image. In the text there are notes containing geographical and historical information relating to the years of achievement and a list of all the major population centers with their location. With text measures 49 x 38 cm. An excellent impression issued folding on watermarked paper. The “Atlas Historique” published by Chatelain in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720, was part of a larger work, one of the most important era: a seven-volume encyclopedia, which included geography as a core subject and it was innovative for its time because it combined the geographic maps and engravings with geographic, historical, ethnographic and military information. The text was by Nicholas Gueudeville.