Mappe-Monde Dressée pour l'Etude de la Géographie, relativement aux Auteurs les plus Modernes

Mappe-Monde Dressée pour l'Etude de la Géographie, relativement aux Auteurs les plus Modernes. Revue, corrigée et augmentée d'apres les Nouv[e]lles Observations Astronomiques de Mrs Tchirikcow et de l'Isle. Revuë de nouveau par M. Brion Ingenieur Geogr. du Roy. Dédiée au Roy Par son très humble et très obeissant serviteur et fidel sujet Desnos, Ingénieur Géographe pour les Globes et Sphères. Rue S. Jacques à l'enseigne du Globe, où l'on trouve géneralement tout ce qui concerne les sciences. 1786 A.P.D.R.

World map with two-hemisphere projection by Louis Brion de la Tour, published by Louis Charles Desnos in 1786. Edition with an ornate baroque border, printed on a separate plate, published by Desnos for Brion's 'Atlas General, Civil et Ecclesiastique, Methodique et Elementaire pour l'etude de la Geographie et de l'Histoire'. The multiple plate arrangement allowed Desnos to print different editions of his atlases from the same map plates. Some editions featured paste-down text panels on either side of the map, while others were issued with just a border. The map is ornamented in original hand colour.

The atlas, edited by Brion de la Tour, was intended for the students of the Ecole Royale Militaire and consisted of plates with armillary spheres, globes, astronomical depictions, and maps of the states and regions of the world, followed by Jean Charles Maclot's text.

Louis Brion de la Tour (c.1743-1803) was a French geographer and mapmaker. Despite his prolific output and Royal connections, details of his life remain relatively obscure. Much of his work was published by Denon, and his son, also Louis, likely worked alongside his father.

Louis Charles Desnos (c.1750-1790) was a French publisher, bookseller, and globemaker.