Rare world atlas with 56 large copper-engraved maps.



L'ISLE, Guillaume de.
Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde, ou sont exactement remarquées les empires, monarchies, royaumes, etats, republiques &c.
Including: SANSON, Guillaume. Introduction à la Geographie où sont la geographie astronomique qui explique la correspondance du globe terrestre avec la sphere.
Amsterdam, Johannes Covens and Cornelis Mortier, 1730.
Folio. With a large allegorical frontispiece and 56 large copper-engraved maps (most 54 x 65 cm and a few larger, folding ones). Previous owners have added one large copper-engraved map of Normandie by Jean Baptiste Nolin from 1742, and 2 smaller etchings by Israel Silvestre with views of du Havre and Chateau Jametz. The original artwork of these views is from the 1670s, but these prints are from a later date. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, green closing ties. [1 blank], [6], 32 pp. Full description
€ 45,000
Including: SANSON, Guillaume. Introduction à la Geographie où sont la geographie astronomique qui explique la correspondance du globe terrestre avec la sphere.
Amsterdam, Johannes Covens and Cornelis Mortier, 1730.
Folio. With a large allegorical frontispiece and 56 large copper-engraved maps (most 54 x 65 cm and a few larger, folding ones). Previous owners have added one large copper-engraved map of Normandie by Jean Baptiste Nolin from 1742, and 2 smaller etchings by Israel Silvestre with views of du Havre and Chateau Jametz. The original artwork of these views is from the 1670s, but these prints are from a later date. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, green closing ties. [1 blank], [6], 32 pp. Full description