Tableau d'Assemblage: Carte des grands triangles
'Nouvelle carte qui comprend les principaux triangles qui servent de fondement a la description geographique de la France, Levee par ordre du Ry, par Messrs Maraldi et Cassini de Thuryde l'Academie Royale des Sciences, annee 1744. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: 1:86,400. Paris meridian. ''Tracee d'apres des mesures, et gravee par Dheulland' in lower left corner. 'Aubin scripsit' in lower right corner. Alphabetical list of positions of the principal towns of France. The map is linen backed and segmented for folding into a slip case. Graphic index for Cassini's 'Carte de France', showing the system of triangulation. In slip case 'Tom.1'.
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