Live auction - Lot 479
[Atlas - Schoolbook]
Nouvel atlas des enfans, ou Principes clairs pour apprendre facilement et en fort peu de tems la géographie, suivi d'un Traité méthodique de la sphère [...]; enrichi de XXIV cartes enluminées. Nouvelle édition, revue & corrigée.
Amsterdam, B. Vlam, 1776
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
12mo: xx-232 pp.; 24 maps (some spotting, edges of pl. outside bookblock soiled, occ. marg. ann. in old hand, front. pasted on flyleaf).
Contemp. sheep, flat spine, red edges (head missing, spine and boards rubbed, corners bumped, used copy).
New enlarged ed. of this pocket school atlas, followed by an introduction on astronomy. Engr. ill.: striking front. with Atlas as a child holding up the celestial sphere, surrounded by astronomers, 24 numb. hand-col. maps: planisphere, 4 continental maps and 17 maps of European countries illustrating the atlas, while diagrams of an astrolabe and cosmographic items are included in this treatise on astronomy. Bookseller's list at the end.
Ref. STCN.
Prov. Henri Dhout (?) (old ms entry dated 28 May 1837).