Royaume de Pologne, Gd. Duché de Lithuanie et Royaume de Prusse, a Paris, 1765–1766

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Royaume de Pologne, Gd. Duché de Lithuanie et Royaume de Prusse, a Paris

Pierre Bourgoin (engraver/publisher): “Royaume de Pologne, Gd. Duché de Lithuanie et Royaume de Prusse, a” Paris,” 49 x 37 cm, from his “Atlas Elementaire de la Geographie conentant les quatre parties du Monde…,” first published 1765. The first and third 1765 map cartouches have Bourgoin’s name and the street address he occupied since 1741. The second 1765 map cartouche has neither Bourgoin’s name nor his address, which appears to have been removed – a fraudulent copy? The two 1766 claimed versions have the full Paris address, which was changed in a 1784 edition of the atlas.