Ventes live - Lot 603
[Atlas - World]
Nouvel atlas géographique et historique. (Nieuwe geographische en historische atlas).
Amsterdam, H. de Leth, [before 1749]
€ 1.500 / 2.500
Enchérir en direct (Drouot*) Enchérir en direct (Invaluable*)Les enchères sont closes
Description du lot
8vo: [front.-4]-[132]-[36] pp.; 41 maps, contemp. hand-coloured.
Contemp. half calf, mottled paper covers. Nice copy.
Complete 1st ed. of de Leth's pocket atlas dedicated by H. Rousset to "Mademoiselle" Woltera Gertrude de Wijnbergen, who married in 1749. Engr. ill.: the bilingual title and 41 maps, incl. 5 terrestrial and celestial maps, 5 continental maps, 28 country or regional maps, 2 distance tables, 1 table with nautical pennants. Incl. next to the main text are "Tables chronologiques des papes, empereurs et rois".
Ref. Koeman Le H 1.
Prov. Manuscript note.