Jun 15, 2006 - Sale 2083

Sale 2083 - Lot 2

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ANVILLE, JEAN BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON d'. A Complete Body of Ancient Geography. 13 engraved maps, all but one double-page; all hand-colored in outline. Folio, 545x390 mm, early 1/4 roan, very worn; first 3 maps with margins trimmed close to or at the neatlines, scattered foxing and browning, few nicks at edges. London: Laurie and Whittle, 1808

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A typed note mounted on the front free endpaper states that this atlas once belonged to James Kent, Chancellor of the state of New York, and that the atlas was given to him by Alexander Hamilton.