Debuissons “Iles Britanniques." with inset "Iles Shetland”

Debuissons. "Iles Britanniques." with inset "Iles Shetland." From Géographie Universelle Atlas-Migeon. 

Paris: Imprimerie Migeon, 1881. 15 x 11 1/4. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Original hand color. Very good condition.

A crisp, detailed map from J. Migeon’s Géographie Universelle.  The maps in this atlas were drawn by Desbuisson and Chartier, “Ingénieurs-Géographes,´ and they were reviewed by Vuillemin, a geographer who was a member of the Société de Géographie de Paris.  Thus the maps contain very accurate information, precisely presented.  Besides their geographic interest, the maps are quite attractive, with lovely original color and each map contains a charming vignette with a scene of the region depicted.  While the French did not dominate cartographic publishing in the nineteenth century, as they had done in previous eras, the quality of these images shows that they continued to issue very fine maps.