Geographie moderne avec une introduction

L’Abbé Jean- Baptiste Louis Clouet (b.1730) was a geographer at the Academie Royale des Sciences de Rouen. He wrote a number of works on geography. His most famous atlas is however the ‘Geographie Moderne’ first issued in 1767. The first few plates depict various hemispheres and world-systems. All of the maps bear engraved text in the side panels. There were later editions in 1780, 1787, 1791 and 1793. This is an example of the last edition issued post French Revolution. There are four fewer maps in this issue, all of those omitted are French ones. The first issue had seven maps of France. Several of the maps have been updated either to improve the detail or to reflect new discoveries. This is most notable on that of the world which reflects advances in the North Pacific and Australia. The map of North America bears a note detailing the existence of the newly independent United States of America. The Library of Congress possess examples of three editions, the British Library do not have any. Phillips 661, 673 & 3519 (none are this issue); not in Shirley ‘Atlases in the British Library’.