Item details: Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de L'Histoire Philosophique et Politique
£ 2950.00
BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de L'Histoire Philosophique et Politique
Imprint: Amsterdam, 1773 Binding:
Hardback
Quarto (280 x 225 mm.), contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper boards, light wear. With 9, (3) pp., typographic title page, Avertissement, Table Indicative and Liste des Cartes. With 40 copper plate engraved maps, some folding, all in very good full contemporary wash colour. With waterstain to bottom of first 2 blank endpapers and titlepage, otherwise in good condition.
A very nice atlas which covers the non-European world. All the maps are in very fine early wash colour. Provenance: Charles Deveraux manuscript ownership mark on front flyleaf and title page.
