PROBST JOHANN MICHAEL [Atlas Minor ex tabulis geographicis]

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PROBST, JOHANN MICHAEL. [Atlas Minor ex tabulis geographicis]. 19 hand-colored engraved maps, including one celestial. Oblong 4to, 205x305 mm, contemporary wrappers; maps bright and clean. Augsburg, circa 1798

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Uncommon late edition of Probst's Atlas Minor with maps dated between 1780 and 1798. Aside from the celestial chart the atlas contains a map of the world in 2 hemispheres, maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and a map of the Americas (Western Hemisphere). The rest of the maps are of European countries. A title-page was not always issued with the later versions of this atlas, explaining why this copy lacks one. About half of the maps were engraved by Johann Georg Probst, a brother of Johann Michael Probst, the other half by Johann Conrad Probst, another brother. The map of the world shows California as a peninsula but the map of Americas shows California as an island (McLaughlin No. 242, with date circa 1784).