Title: Atlas Universel... Author: Vivien [de Saint-Martin], L[ouis] Place: Paris Publisher: Ménard et Desenne Date: 1827 Description: With 48 copper-engraved maps (11 are double-page with one being a fold-out) on 62 full-size sheets (many of the European maps cover multiple sheets), hand-colored in outline and engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet; plus an engraved title page and table leaf. (Elephant folio) 22½x16¼, rebound in early twentieth century quarter morocco and marbled boards with original gilt-tooled and lettered morocco spine laid on, new endpapers. Nice copy of a very scarce and beautifully printed atlas. The large maps are delicately hand-colored in outline on thick paper with the deckle edges preserved, and include a fine world map, a four-map series on North America, and a map of Oceania with "Nouvelle Holland" largely unexplored. Phillips Atlases 767a (1834 issue). Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to edges and spine; mild toning to contents, scattered faint foxing and finger-soiling, some tiny edge tears, bottom right corner of title page chipped; else very good to near fine overall - a sturdy and clean copy. Item number: 140419
Title: Atlas Universel... Author: Vivien [de Saint-Martin], L[ouis] Place: Paris Publisher: Ménard et Desenne Date: 1827 Description: With 48 copper-engraved maps (11 are double-page with one being a fold-out) on 62 full-size sheets (many of the European maps cover multiple sheets), hand-colored in outline and engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet; plus an engraved title page and table leaf. (Elephant folio) 22½x16¼, rebound in early twentieth century quarter morocco and marbled boards with original gilt-tooled and lettered morocco spine laid on, new endpapers. Nice copy of a very scarce and beautifully printed atlas. The large maps are delicately hand-colored in outline on thick paper with the deckle edges preserved, and include a fine world map, a four-map series on North America, and a map of Oceania with "Nouvelle Holland" largely unexplored. Phillips Atlases 767a (1834 issue). Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to edges and spine; mild toning to contents, scattered faint foxing and finger-soiling, some tiny edge tears, bottom right corner of title page chipped; else very good to near fine overall - a sturdy and clean copy. Item number: 140419
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