La Science Des Personnes De Cour - 1752
From Google image search...The image is a title page for the book La Science des Personnes de Cour, d'Épée et de Robe, a popular 18th-century French encyclopedia. The work was originally started by Mr. de Chevigny, continued by Mr. de Limiers, and later revised, corrected, and significantly augmented by Dr. Pierre Massuet. It served as a compendium of knowledge considered essential for life in a royal court, covering topics such as geography, astronomy, law, history, and warfare. The title page in the image is for "Tome Premier" (Volume One), "Partie I" (Part I). This specific edition was published in Amsterdam by C. Chatelain Fils in 1752. Maps and images from a 1752 French geography textbook."The science of the people of the court of sword and robe...which contains an introduction to geography, with a particular description of all the principal parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and America."I'm pretty sure a few of the maps originally in the book were missing when I purchased it, in particular a world map and a map of North and South America.
