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Magnificent eighteenth-century atlas of the world, with 30 beautiful maps.

ANVILLE, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'. [Atlas Général].
[Paris, "chez l'auteur aux Galleries du Louvre", 1743-1771]. Large folio (54.5 x 40.5 cm). Atlas comprising 30 maps of the world, most of them engraved by Guillaume de la Haye, (in 2 full-page, 23 double-page, and 21 folding; about 10 maps measuring ca. 100 x 100 cm when put together). Numbers 1-8 and 9-33 have a coloured in outline. Contemporary three-quarter calf, boards covered with marbled paper. Without printed title (not always present), but with manuscript index on the recto of the first flyleaf. Full description
€ 27,500
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World atlas including one 6-sheet and eleven 4-sheet wall maps

KITCHIN, Thomas and others. Kitchin's general atlas, describing the whole universe.
London, Robert Laurie, James Whittle, 1808. Imperial folio (53 x 39.5 cm). With 28 engraved maps (numbered in 41 parts) assembled from 67 sheets. Most include elaborate cartouches with pictorial decoration. With the maps coloured in outline. Contemporary half calf. 1 leaf plus maps. Full description
€ 18,000
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De L'Isle's renowned maps of the Northern and Southern hemispheres,
contemporary hand-coloured in outline

L'ISLE, Guillaume de. L'Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques.
Amsterdam, Reinier and Josua Ottens, [ca. 1740 (after 1739)].
Together with: [IDEM]. L'Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Australes.
Amsterdam, Reinier and Josua Ottens, [after 1739]. 49.5 x 122 cm. Two large hemispherical maps (45 cm in diameter) on two sheets, joined together to make one large oblong world map, with the Dutch and French text of a letter written by a Mr. Swart in St. Petersburg on a separate (partial) sheet joined to the (left) outer edge of the map of the Northern Hemisphere. The map of the Southern Hemisphere includes the short description in Dutch and French of the journey undertaken by the ships Adelaar and Maria to the "Southland" or "Terres Australes" in 1738 and 1739. This description includes the discovery of the Cape Circoncision and a small map of that Cape is included in the bottom right corner of the map of the Southern Hemisphere. The maps are contemporary hand-coloured in outline. Full description
€ 6,500
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Extremely rare atlas with 76 very large hand-coloured maps

WIT, Frederick de. Atlas maior.
Amsterdam, Johannes Covens & Cornelis Mortier, [ca. 1725]. Imperial folio (53 x 35.5 cm). With engraved title-page and 76 double page (or in 8 cases larger folding) engraved maps, the title-page and all maps and their decorations coloured by a contemporary hand. Half tanned sheepskin (ca. 1900), gold-tooled spine. Full description
€ 85,000
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Graphically stunning 3-volume historical manuscript atlas

[ATLAS - HISTORICAL]. Atlas historique. - Souvenirs historiques. - Tableaux et cartes.
[Montpellier?], [date on spine of vol. 1:] 1851. 3 volumes. Folio (vol. 1) and large 4to (vols. 2-3). Neatly written manuscripts on paper with 23 graphically vibrant maps, coloured in outline with subtly shaded washes in grey (for the coasts) and numerous bright colours (for political boundaries), and with calligraphic headings. Contemporary bindings: vol. 1 red half goatskin; vol. 2 black half goatskin; vol. 3 black sheepskin. [1], [26 double]; [1], [22 double]; [1], 30 double, [1] ll. Full description
€ 1,750
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