Lot #: 08150
Description
Rare atlas and containing geographical descriptions of all continents. Illustrated with 30 very finely engraved and beautifully colored maps in attractive original strong colors.
The maps are engraved by Elias Baeck and all have very decorative cartouches, some with shields on each side, some including coats-of-arms and a banderole title in German and French across the top.
World map in double hemisphere, showing California as an island, Europe, Spain, France, England, Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Italy (4), Corsica (Cervoni, Image de la Corse, map 53): Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany (6), Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Asia, Africa, South America, 2 full page maps of America, California as an island (McLaughlin 141. Here described as a 1st and 2nd state, but as printed next to each other they are printed from two different plates. One map with 4 medallions portraits of Tachard, de Salle, Columbus and Drake. McLaughlin does not give the source.)
Some pages a little brown spotting but generally very fine and very decorative and rare.
Karl Friedrich von Baden gewidmetes, von dem Herausgeber der Augsburger Zeitung verfasstes enzyklopädisches Handbuch, das vor allem wegen seiner prachtvollen Karten berühmt wurde, hier in besonders schönen Zuständen, in sauberem und feinem Altkolorit. Die Karten mit einer Weltkarte in zwei Globen sowie einer weiteren Karten "Der neuen Welt Begriff bestehende in 2 Haubt- Theilen als Nord-America und Sud-America" mit 2 Globen Amerika, dann Kontinentkarten von Europa, Asien, Afrika und Südamerika, sodann Detailkarten der Länder Spanien, Frankreich (mit Extrakarte Korsika), Großbritannien, Skandinavien, Niederlanden, Russland, Baltikum, Ungarn, Griechenland, Italien, u. a. Toskana und Sizilien), Schweiz, Deutschland und Österreich, Böhmen und Schlesien etc. Die meisten, teils von Elias Baeck gestochenen Karten zeigen hübsche figürliche Kartuschen, Rahmen und heraldische Randleisten. Es folgen auf die Karten bezogene geographische Beschreibungen und ein ausführliches Lexikon.
Die übrigen Teile enthalten eine "Philosophia moralis", ein Sprach- und Sitten-Handbuch in sechssprachigem Paralleltext sowie ein allgemeines Realienlexikon.
The maps are engraved by Elias Baeck and all have very decorative cartouches, some with shields on each side, some including coats-of-arms and a banderole title in German and French across the top.
World map in double hemisphere, showing California as an island, Europe, Spain, France, England, Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Italy (4), Corsica (Cervoni, Image de la Corse, map 53): Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany (6), Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Asia, Africa, South America, 2 full page maps of America, California as an island (McLaughlin 141. Here described as a 1st and 2nd state, but as printed next to each other they are printed from two different plates. One map with 4 medallions portraits of Tachard, de Salle, Columbus and Drake. McLaughlin does not give the source.)
Some pages a little brown spotting but generally very fine and very decorative and rare.
Karl Friedrich von Baden gewidmetes, von dem Herausgeber der Augsburger Zeitung verfasstes enzyklopädisches Handbuch, das vor allem wegen seiner prachtvollen Karten berühmt wurde, hier in besonders schönen Zuständen, in sauberem und feinem Altkolorit. Die Karten mit einer Weltkarte in zwei Globen sowie einer weiteren Karten "Der neuen Welt Begriff bestehende in 2 Haubt- Theilen als Nord-America und Sud-America" mit 2 Globen Amerika, dann Kontinentkarten von Europa, Asien, Afrika und Südamerika, sodann Detailkarten der Länder Spanien, Frankreich (mit Extrakarte Korsika), Großbritannien, Skandinavien, Niederlanden, Russland, Baltikum, Ungarn, Griechenland, Italien, u. a. Toskana und Sizilien), Schweiz, Deutschland und Österreich, Böhmen und Schlesien etc. Die meisten, teils von Elias Baeck gestochenen Karten zeigen hübsche figürliche Kartuschen, Rahmen und heraldische Randleisten. Es folgen auf die Karten bezogene geographische Beschreibungen und ein ausführliches Lexikon.
Die übrigen Teile enthalten eine "Philosophia moralis", ein Sprach- und Sitten-Handbuch in sechssprachigem Paralleltext sowie ein allgemeines Realienlexikon.
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A flat shipping fee of € $ 30 is added to each shipment within Europe and North America. This covers : International Priority shipping, Packing and Insurance (up to the invoice amount).
Shipments to Asia are $ 40 and rest of the world $50
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The cancellation period will expire 14 calendar days from the day after the date on which you or a third party (other than the carrier and indicated by you) acquires, physical possession of the lot. To exercise the right to cancel you must inform Paulus Swaen Europe bv, which is offering to sell the lot either as an agent for the seller or as the owner of the lot, of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, or e-mail (amsterdam@swaen.com).
To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.