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No. 1. Coupes du continent Sud Americain entre les Oceans Atlantique et Pacifique en moyenne sous le 33eme. de latitude en passant par l'extremite Sud du Massif central Argentin et la Cordillere de Mendoza. No. 2. Coupe sous le 40eme. parallele entre Valdivia et le Carmen pres l'embouchure du Rio Negro. No. 3. Coupe sous le 41eme. entre le Port Montt et le Carmen par le Lac de Nahuel-Huapi et le Rio Negro. Grave par Kautz, r. Bonaparte 82 - Paris. Paris - Imp. Lemercier, r. de Seine 57. (Paris Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie., 1873) Description geographique et statistique de la Confederation Argentine par V. Martin de Moussy ... Deuxieme edition atlas. Paris Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie. Imprimeurs de l'Institut, Rue Jacob, 56. 1873. Imprimerie Adolphe Laine, Rue des Saints-Peres, 19. Coupes du continent Sud Americain.

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Kautz, L Laine, Adolphe Lemercier et Cie

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Three profiles in 5 segments. Lithographed. Vertical scale 1:100,000. "Description geographique et statistique de la Confederation Argentine. Atlas. Planche XXIV."This was the first atlas of Argentina. Phillips notes that this atlas accompanied three volumes of text of the same title, also published in 1873. Phillips does not note this second edition of the same date as the first, adding one map. Martin de Moussy was unable to finish the atlas because of illness and it was completed by L. Bouvet. A beautifully engraved title page precedes the full title page and reads "Atlas de la Confederation Argentine. Bachelier Lith. Gve. Sanier, del. Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris." Most of the maps are without color; a few are hand painted in full color. Atlas is bound in quarter leather black cloth covered boards with "Atlas de la Confederation Argentine" stamped in gold on the front; spine is embossed with title "M. De Moussy. Description de la Confederation Argentine. Atlas."Phillips, 2731. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 122; Catalogue of maps of Hispanic America, v. 2, p. 30.
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