ATLAS - DESNOS (Louis-Charles). NEW ELEMENTARY ATLAS FOR THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY in 28 general maps containing everything necessary for the general knowledge of the World. Paris, Desnos, 1770. Grand in-8, vintage mute cardboard. Atlas composed of a title and 27 engraved plates or maps : Ptolemy system, Thico-Brahe, Copernicus and Descartes - Spheres of Ptolemy and Copernicus - Straight and parallel sphere - Geometric demonstration of the spheres - Earth globe and celestial globe - Respective position of the peoples on the earth (2 plates) - Western hemisphere - Eastern hemisphere - World map - Europe - France - Switzerland - Italy - Spain - British Isles - Netherlands - Germany - Hungary - Poland - Denmark - Sweden and Norway - Russia - Turkey - Asia - Africa - America. That is to say 27 plates and not 28 as announced (the table only announces 26). All cards (29 x 33 cms), in colour, tabbed, are short trimmed with the frame removed, giving a large in-8 format.