Gouvernemens généraux du Lyonnois et de L'Auvergne
Scale approximately 1:1,350,000 (E 000°57'03"--E 005°30'36"/N 46°36'19"--N 44°29'23")., Imprint from Atlas portatif, universel et militaire., Scale from Pedley., Relief shown pictorially., Bar scale: Échelle, 10 lieues d'une heure = [4.1 cm]., "28" at upper left., "T. 2. P. 525" at lower left., Hand colored in outline.
- Abstract
- The province of Auvergne is shown divided into two parts, known respectively as Upper and Lower Auvergne. Haute Auvergne, with its main cities of Aurillac [Orilhac] and Saint-Flour; and Basse Auvergne, with Clermont as the chief city. The Allier River flows north through Lower Auvergne toward its confluence with the Loire near Nevers.
- Contributor
- Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766 (Cartographer), Lattré, Jean (Engraver)
- Date
- 1748
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- 17 x 19 cm, on sheet 25 x 25 cm
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- French
- Materials
- 1 map : hand colored
- Notes
- par le Sr. Robert geóg. ord. du Roy, avec privilège, 1748 ; Lattré sculp. (Statement of Responsibility)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Related Material
- References: Nordenskiold, 244 ; Tooley, 541 ; Pedley, Mary Sponberg, Bel et utile, 147, Appears in: Atlas portatif, universel et militaire / Giles Robert de Vaugondy. A Paris: Chez l'auteur : Durand, libraire : Pissot fils, libraire, 1748.
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766. Atlas portatif, universel et militaire.
- Subject
- France--Lyonnais, France--Auvergne
- Technique
- engraving (printing process)
- Attribution
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