Principes du Dessin et du Lavis de la Carte Topographique.viii, 92 pp. With 3 fold-out tables.Illustrated with 9 fold-out engraved plates 8 of which are coloured by hand.Oblong folio, 225 x 265 mm, bound in publisher’s printed wrappers.Paris: Baschelier, 1825.
First Edition.A manual for drawing and colouring topographical maps by F.C. Maria, a professor of mathematics and topography.The first plate is of particular appeal being an attractive guide to the colours and tints to be deployed in delineating various topographical elements.
OCLC locates 6 copies in the US at Boston University, Harvard, Princeton, Ohio State, The Newberry and University of Chicago.Wrappers with some minimal toning and edge wear, some scattered foxing, else a near fine copy in its fragile original wrappers with an inscription from the author on the half-title.
