Original Map - "Europe Moderne [Modern Europe]; Pl. 21"; From "Atlas geographique dresse pour l'histoire universelle de l'eglise catholique de l'abbe Rohrbacher" ("Geographical Atlas, Compiled for, the Universal History of the Catholic Church of Abbot Rohrbacher")

Text is in French. Original publisher's hand-colored map showing "modern Europe." Map with margins measures 21 1/2" x 16 1/2." Actual map area measures 18" x 13." The vertical center fold line is original as this map came from an atlas. Map is very clean and intact except for some foxing and age toning on front and back (relatively light on front; more pronounced along the edges) and minuscule wear to edges and corners. A Very Good copy. This map shows Europe and parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Russia. The map features beautiful blue, yellow, green, and pink watercolors within country or regional borders. Major cities and natural features such as mountains, seas, and rivers are included. Scales of distance in the upper-left corner below the title. Lines of latitude and longitude and neatline also included. The following is printed beneath the map below the neatline: "le Trait par Raynaud," "Impie. ['Imprimerie'] de Louis Antoine, 1, rue de Cluny, Paris," and "la Lettre par P. Rousset." This map is Plate 21 from an atlas that accompanied "L'Historie universelle de l'eglise catholique" ("Universal History of the Catholic Church"), a notable work by Abbot Rohrbacher. Rene Francois Rohrbacher (1789-1856) was a French priest, ecclesiastical historian, and politician. The main author of this atlas is Auguste Henri Dufour (1795-1865), a French geographer.