Jun 07, 2012 - Sale 2280

Sale 2280 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 7,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
SCHERER, HEINRICH. Geographia Naturalis sive Fabrica Mundi sublunaris ab Artifice. 12 beautiful engraved maps, all but frontispiece double-page. bound with--Geographia Hierarchica sive Status Ecclesiastici Romano-Catholici per Orben Universum. 22 beautiful engraved maps, all but frontispiece double-page. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary calf, rubbed. Munich: Bencard, 1710; Munich: Rauchin, 1703

Additional Details

Geographia Naturalis is preceded by a general title (Atlas Novus), which lists the 7 volumes in the series. The present volumes are listed as parts 1 and 2 on the general title. The general title is preceded by a half-title for Atlas Novus, as well as an engraved frontispiece. The frontispiece has been included in the count of maps appearing in Geographia Naturalis. The general title lists Joannem Bencard as the publisher and he is listed as the publisher as well for the first part of the atlas. However, the general title lists Augsburg, Dillingen, and Frankfurt as Bencard's business addresses, while the first part of the atlas places him in Munich.
Many of the maps are of significant American interest.