COMPAN (Abbé). Nouvelle méthode géographique, précédée d'un traité de la Sphère. Paris, Merigot, 1771. 2 volumes in-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, coat of arms in the centre, fillet at the corners, spine decorated with small irons, olive morocco title and giblets, lining and endpapers of starred paper, gilt edges (Period binding). An important work intended to teach geography and world history, dedicated to Madame. A fine copy in red morocco with the coat of arms of Madame de Marsan, born Marie-Louise-Geneviève de Rohan (1720-1803), governess to Louis XVI and the children of France, widow since 1743 of Gaston de Lorraine, comte de Marsan. Small stains to the binding of the first volume.