DU VAL (Pierre):La Géographie Françoise contenant les descriptions, les cartes, et le blason des provinces de France. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1677; small in-12 (140 x 80 mm), 2 f. o.b., 258 pp. 1 f. o.b., jansenist plum morocco, ribbed spine. 19th century binding. Handsome little portable atlas of the French provinces. Illustrated with a double-page engraved color title and table, 34 double-page color-enhanced intaglio maps mounted on tabs, and 34 color-enhanced plates of coats of arms. Pierre du Val (Abbeville, 1619-Paris, 1683), nephew of the famous cartographer Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667). A rare copy in period colors (old wetness on a few leaves). Mireille Pastoureau, Les Atlas français XVIe- XVIIe siècles, pp. 138-139.