Oceanique: Partie des Isles Philippines (pl. 4); Iles Mariannes – Note Sur Les Isles Philippines (pl. 5); Partie des Iles Philippines (pl. 6 & 7); Partie de l’Ile Bornéo. (pl. 14); Partie de L’Ile Gilolo (pl. 15)

Description

Set of 6 maps with original outline hand-colour from the ‘Atlas Universel de Geographie…’. This 6 vol. Atlas contains 382 lithographed mapsheets and 40 plates of statistical data by Henri Ode. The maps in the atlas constitute not only the first atlas of the world on a uniform scale, but also the first lithograph atlas. Constructed on a modified conical projection, if assembled, they form a 7,75 m diameter globe, although only one such was known to have been assembled, by the author himself, and requiring a specially designed room.