Live auction - Lot 589
[Atlas - Netherlands]
[Atlas portatif et nouveau du voyageur pour les dix-sept provinces des Pais-Bas].
Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, 1739
€ 350 / 500
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Lot description
8vo: 24-24 pp., 37 pls (6-29-2), 40-8 pp., hand-coloured (for a reason or another, typographic title and engraved title "Le Téâtre de la guerre [...]" were not included in our copy; some minor dampstaining).
Cont. red coloured half roan, sprinkled paper covers (small defects).
Bi-lingual edition of a pocket travel atlas for the Netherlands. This copy includes the "Nieuwe zak-atlas voor de reizigers door de gezamentlijke Nederlanden" (Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, 1739) bound after the "Description géographique des dix-sept provinces des Pays-Bas" and consists of 35 coloured maps, 2 engraved scale plates and 2 indexes. Ref. Koeman C & M 18 (with Dutch text, dated 1739, comparable with C & M 20, 1st part, dated 1794).