Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DUNN, SAMUEL. A General Map of the World or Terraqueous Globe. Large engraved double-hemispheric world map on 4 sheets joined . 42x49 inches overall; original outline hand-color with later additions; upper and lower margins skillfully extended with minimal portion of upper right neatline replaced in ink, few closed tears at left edge, some strengthening to original fold lines. London: Robert Sayer, 1787

Additional Details

First edition of this attractive wall map, surrounded by ancillary decoration of celestial charts and diagrams, a selenographic map of the Moon's surface, and a smaller inset chart of the world on Mercator's projection. The entirety is detailed with plentiful descriptive text.