Recueil d'observations faites en plusieurs voyages par ordre de Sa Majesté, pour perfectionner l'astronomie et la geographie. Avec divers traitez astronomiques. Par messieurs de l'Academie royale des sciences
An early scientific collection of astronomical observations and travel records, published in Paris in 1693 by the Imprimerie royale for King Louis XIV's court, compiled by members of the Royal Academy of Sciences. The single plate is an engraved map of France with its coastline, rivers, and a compass rose set in a decorative cartouche, showing the clean, measured cartography a designer might use for historical map layouts, label typography, and framing devices.
