Estimate € 2,000 - 3,000
Sold € 4,000
Auction: 26 January 2021 at 15:00
DELISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726) - Atlante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del mondo. Venice: Giambattista Albrizzi, 1740-50. A fresh copy with very good impressions of this first Italian edition. 2 tomes in one volume, (373 x 245mm). Engraved frontispieces in each volume, title in red and black, engraved headspieces, initials and woodcut initials, 78 double-page engraved maps (small stain in the margins of the first leaves, a few other occasional light stains and some dampstaining to bottom margin of final leaves). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, marbled speckled edges (some slight staining). Provenance: GB (monogram).
Estimate € 2,000 - 3,000