Mer Noire

Water bodies in outline col. Relief shown hachures. Shows shipping routes, magnetic declination, etc. Prime meridian: Paris. On globe in cartouche: Sphericite de la terre. // This atlas is exceptional for its spheroidal maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. The remaining maps are also very well executed and colored, mostly by hand, a few in colored litho. In recent years, this atlas has become rare in the trade. This is the only atlas that Garnier produced, according to Phillips. Tooley lists an 1860 edition. Covers are quarter leather marbled paper covered boards with a paper label; the burgundy leather spine is embossed with F.A. Garnier. Atlas Universel et Spheroidal de Geographie in gilt. On verso of half-title: Paris -- Imprimerie de P.-A. Bourdier et Cie., Rue Mazarine, 30.