Le petit neptune Francois ou carte des cotes maritimes du royaume : avec une partie de celles d'Angleterre : dans laquelle on voit les ports ou havres, les bayes, les rades, les sondes, les bancs-de-sable, les rochers, ecueils, caps, &c. Dressee d'apres les cartes hydrographiques particulieres qui ont paru jusqu'a ce jour assujetties aux observations des astronomes et des navia ateurs. Par m. Rizzi Zannoni. A Paris, chez le Sr. Desnos, M.DCCLXVI (1766). (to accompany) Coup d'oeil general sur la France, par M. Brion ... A Paris Grange Imprimeur-Libraire … M. DCC. LXV. (1765).

Hand colored chart of the coastal outline of France with the the Mediterranean Sea, sheets 37. Showing coastal towns, ports and harbor. Depth shown by soundings. Includes text.
One of the earliest statistical atlases. Revised edition, eighteenth century atlas of France in 4 parts containing 60 maps and charts, including travel guide, updated by Sieur Desnos. Bound in contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt with crimson morocco label "Brion - Atlas France". The atlas is the work of two cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century, Royal geographer Louis Brion de la Tour and publisher Louis Charles Desnos. A wide range of statistical information - relating to the population, finances, and government of France - is here presented in interrelated charts and maps. Pagination not in sequence, some pages not numbered. The atlas is comprised of several discrete parts, each with engraved title pages, a full contents, text and dedication: title-page reading 'Coup d'oeil general sur la France.Tableau analytique de la France, engraved title, 33 plates (one large folding, remainder double-page).'Le petit Neptune François, engraved title, 3 double page plates of coastal districts, followed by large folding map captioned "La France divisee en ses LVIII provinces." "L'indicateur fidele ou Guide de Voyageurs", Title, double-page ornamental dedication to Cassini de Thury, followed by 19 maps and charts; followed by letterpress prospectus and both alphabetic place names supplements.