Chronographie universelle & détails qui en dépendent pour la chronologie & les généalogies.

Author
Barbeu Du Bourg, M. (Jacques), 1709-1779 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
French
Published/​Created
[Paris : Barbeu Dubourg, Lamote, Fleury, 1753]
Description
1 paper roll in scroll case ; 40 cm. x 16.5 m.

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Special Collections - Rare Books D11 .B37 1753e South wall 10, Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • Title proper from privilège at beginning of roll; uniform title is conventional title used by Dubourg.
    • Etched and engraved throughout.
    • Scroll case is papier-maché on wooden frame; axles are wooden dowels attached to heavy wire cranks with wooden handles.
    • The Carte is described by Diderot in vol. 3 of the Encyclopédie (Paris, 1753) under "Chronologique (Machine)."
    Source acquisition
    Ex copy: Purchased from antiquarian bookseller Bruce McKittrick in 1989.
    Publications about
    See photocopy of BN copy of his Chronographie, ou, Description des tems. -- A Paris : Chez l'auteur [and 2 others], 1753.
    OCLC
    22321938
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