German pocket Atlas by Müller 1692
Klubbat för:
Osåld
Utropspris
30 000-35 000 SEK
Beskrivning
ATLAS. GERMAN POCKET ATLAS. MÜLLER, JOHAN ULRICH. Kurtz-bündige Abbild- und Vorstellung der gantzen Welt worinnen alle in derselben, sonderlich aber in Teutschland, gelegene Königreiche, Fürstenthumer, Provintzen und Landschafften ... Ulm (G. W. Kühnen) 1692.
Small 8vo (161x95 mm). (8) ll., 103 pp. Lacking the frontispiece. With 103 engraved maps by G. K. Bodenehr after Hirschmann, coloured in outline, all but the first (a twin hemispherical world) with letter-press text beneath (all, the hemispherical map with tear in the middle folding, some foxing and spotting, a few marginal annotations, all leaves with a red discolouring in the margins from the edges, not affecting maps or text).
Contemporary vellum, slightly worn, the boards marbled in outer half, mended in upper hinge, blank spine, some damage at head, lacks first endpaper, red edges. Some foxing and staining, the text pages miscoloured in the margins from the edges, not affecting text.
VD 17 14:655997U, Phillips 512.
First edition of this pocket atlas with miniature maps. With a world map with two hemisphaeres (Shirley 555), 52 maps of Europe, also maps of Asia (16), Africa (16), and America (18, with Mexico and California as an island, Canada, Arctic, Antarctica and Chile). Lacking the frontispiece.
Auktionsnummer:
6306
Datum:
2016-12-20