Dec 09, 2004 - Sale 2027

Sale 2027 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 2,530
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DESILVER, ROBERT. Un Libro de Mapas. 10 hand-colored double-page engraved maps. Folio, contemporary 1/2 roan, needs rebinding; title-page browned and tattered at edges, maps generally quite clean, with some staining restricted generally to the margins. Philadelphia, 1827

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Curious American atlas with cartouches and place names in Spanish. The maps do not have consecutive numbers and appear to be extremely derivative of the 1814 Carey atlas. Includes: Mapa del Mundo. Double-hemispheric with no plate number Estados Unidos de America. Plate 5 Europa. Plate 37 Asia. Plate 51 Africa. Plate 56 Indias Occidentales. Plate 30 Escosia. Plate 40 Turquia en Europa y Hungria. Plate 46 Espana y Portugal. Plate 47 Mapa del Mundo. Mercator projection with no number.