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Auction archive: Lot number 255

Morden's Geography with 78 maps, 1688

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$9,000
Price realised:
US$4,800
Auction archive: Lot number 255

Morden's Geography with 78 maps, 1688

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$9,000
Price realised:
US$4,800
Beschreibung:

[16], 304, 321-495, 486-544, [2], 545-596 pp.With 78 engraved maps in the text, hand-colored in outline. (4to) 19.5x15 cm (7¾x5¾"), period paneled calf, rebacked with modern calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. Second Edition. Morden's important world geography, with maps of the various regions of the world, including a map of the American continents and six of what are now portions of the United States. The maps of the World, the Americas, and New Mexico show California as an island. It states on the title page that there are seventy-six maps, and seventy-six are listed on the "Catalogue of the Maps..." facing the title page, but there are unlisted maps of Armenia (p.342) and the Bahamas (on inserted text leaf following p. 544). The map of Tartarie (p.387) is laid down over the original printing of the map (for some reason, perhaps the original was misleading), and an attempt to discover what the map underneath was has caused damage to the leaf. Lacks the final leaf, a blank.

Auction archive: Lot number 255
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

[16], 304, 321-495, 486-544, [2], 545-596 pp.With 78 engraved maps in the text, hand-colored in outline. (4to) 19.5x15 cm (7¾x5¾"), period paneled calf, rebacked with modern calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. Second Edition. Morden's important world geography, with maps of the various regions of the world, including a map of the American continents and six of what are now portions of the United States. The maps of the World, the Americas, and New Mexico show California as an island. It states on the title page that there are seventy-six maps, and seventy-six are listed on the "Catalogue of the Maps..." facing the title page, but there are unlisted maps of Armenia (p.342) and the Bahamas (on inserted text leaf following p. 544). The map of Tartarie (p.387) is laid down over the original printing of the map (for some reason, perhaps the original was misleading), and an attempt to discover what the map underneath was has caused damage to the leaf. Lacks the final leaf, a blank.

Auction archive: Lot number 255
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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