‎ROBBE, JACQUES.‎
‎Methode pour apprendre facilement la geographie contenant un abrege de la sphere, la division de la terre (...) et un traite de la navigation. Cinquieme edition revue & augmentee de plusieurs choses considerables. 2 vols.‎

‎A la Haye, Henri van Bulderen, 1704. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full sprinkled calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Traces from old paper-label on top of spines. Boards with a few stains and leather on spine cracked with parts of the gilt ornamentation worn off. With a few occassional brownspots and light marginal miscolouring, a few maps with tears. Pp. 37-66 lacking small part of paper in margin, not affexting text. (22), 575, (17) pp. (4), 292, (8), 133, (19) pp. + 1 frontispiece, 26 maps and 1 plate. ‎

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‎Fifth edition of this geographical manual including a treatise about the art of navigation. Jacques Robbe (1643–1721) was a French engineer and geographer. He also wrote plays under the pseudonym Barquebois. Life Born in Soissons, Robbe was educated as a lawyer. He became royal geographer, ‎