Live auction - Lot 477

[Atlas - World]

GRENET, Abbé

Atlas portatif à l'usage des collèges, pour servir à l'intelligence des auteurs classiques.

[Paris, c. 1779-1782]

€ 400 / 500

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Lot description

4to: title and 44 maps, borders hand-coloured (occ. spotting, some sm., old restaurations).

Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt-orn. flat spine, red edges (head and tail missing, front joint split, corners bumped).

First edition. Engr. title by C.N. Varin and 44 maps by Perrier after R. Bonne (1727-1794). Incl. 2 world maps, a map with winds and monsoons, the old world, 5 continental maps, 17 regional maps in continental Europe, 10 in Asia, 4 in Africa, 4 in America, e.g. Asia Minor, Israel, Palestine, India, North Africa, Egypt, the U.S., Cuba, etc.
Ref. Phillips, 288.
Enriched with 2 fold. maps: 1. Anville, Jean-Baptiste d' - Gallia antiqua ex aevi Romani monumentis eruta [...]. Amst., Arkstee & Merkus, 1763. (Sm. hole in fold). Borders heightened. - 2. [Court de Gébelin, Antoine] - Carte de l'Italie ancienne pour l'intelligence des origines latines [...]. [Paris], 1779. From the "Monde primitif [...]".

Lot 477

Atlas portatif à l'usage des collèges, pour servir à l'intelligence des auteurs classiques.

GRENET, Abbé

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