Jun 02, 2011 - Sale 2249

Sale 2249 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
FER, NICOLAS de. Atlas ou Recüeil de Cartes Geographiques. 64 double-page engraved maps (of ?). Folio, 560x420 mm, contemporary calf, very worn; most maps with outline color (some seems later, particularly in caption lettering), dampstaining throughout, principally in margins but affecting some images, numerous unsightly cellotape repairs on a number of maps, general soiling and other minor defects. Paris, 1709

Additional Details

Maps variously dated around 1709. Some of the more important maps with problems or clearly defective: Europe is defective, Asia with tear at fold, Africa with 300-mm tear and some loss, British Isles is defective, a number of other local maps with unsightly closed tears. Lacking all maps of American interest except for Peru and Chili. must be seen. sold as is.