D'Anville (Jean Baptiste) Atlas with 30 engraved maps, circa 1714-64

D'Anville (Jean Baptiste). Atlas with 30 engraved maps, circa 1714-64, lacking title, 30 engraved maps (mostly 2 sheet, 4 folding), the majority with contemporary outline hand colouring including Louisiana, 1752, (folding, uncoloured, a few small areas of water staining and dust spoiling), Canada, Louisiana and British Territories, 1755, North America, 1746, Africa, 1744, plus others showing the Eastern and Western hemispheres, parts of Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Mediterranean plus the ancient and Roman world, contemporary manuscript index to verso of front free endpaper, maps numbered to verso, light spotting, minor dust staining and a few closed tears (mostly to margins and ancient world maps), some light offsetting and printer's creases, the final two (ancient maps) with small areas of loss and larger closed tears, contemporary half-sheep, hinges and joints cracked, boards almost detached, bumped, heavily worn and rubbed with loss, folio (Quantity: 1) D'Anville's rare Carte de le Louisiane is the earliest and most accurate printed map of the Louisiana area. Though the map was drawn in 1732 and issued in 1752, D'anville's map was the best and most detailed map of the region until well into the 19th century. It was issued in various composite atlases and remained popular due to its accuracy for over fifty years.