ÉTRENNES utiles et nécessaires aux commerçans et voyageurs o - Lot 52

ÉTRENNES utiles et nécessaires aux commerçans et voyageurs ou Indicateur fidèle. Paris, Desnos, 1777, in-24, red morocco, gilded fillets around the boards, ornate smooth spine, gilded edges (period binding). Collation: frontispiece, 1 engraved title page, map of France, map of the environs of Paris, 150 pp. engraved roads ch. 1 to 150, 9 pp. "Tables des routes" ch. 151 to 159, 1 p. "Remarques" ch. 160, 6 pp. engraved routes ch. 161 to 166, 10 pp. "Addition de la table" - "Avis" ch. 167 to 176. From 1771, Desnos reprinted L'Indicateur fidèle in a reduced format under the title Étrennes utiles et nécessaires aux commerçants et voyageurs ou Indicateur fidèle. The same routes are presented in vertical Ogilby-style strips (two per page), read from top to bottom. A well-preserved copy, complete with all required parts. The outlines of the maps have been colored at the time. Dimensions: 113 x 64 mm. Fordham (G.), Les Routes de France, Champion, 1929, p. 73; Arbellot (G.), Autour des routes de poste, p. 49; Grand-Carteret (J.), n° 581.