CONTINUIRTER ATLAS PORTATILIS
Nürnberg: Johann Christoph Weigels, 1733. Second Edition. Octavo, [8], 184, [93] leaves. In Fair condition. Bound in contemporary heavily worn leather, paneled spine. Front board tentatively attached. Lacking A1, Aa3, and Aa4. With 35 of 37 plates. Lacking first map and distance table. Plates hand-colored, vibrant color present.
Six dots of old red wax to front pastedown, offsetting to detached front free endpaper. Front free endpaper with early ink name on both recto and verso and separate ink inscription dated 27 April 1756. Ink math to rear pastedown. Consistant tide-mark extending from the lower gutter to between a third and half of the height of the text block, and extending the majority of the way to the fore edge.
DW consignment. Shelved Room A.
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Special Collections - Upstairs
Price: $3,000
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"The "Continuirter Atlas Portatilis" was published as a continuation of the "Atlas portatilis..." Divided according to political regions, maps include Bavaria, Swabia, Württemberg, Franconia, the Rhinelands, the Netherlands, Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Holstein, Saxony, Thuringia, Bohemia, Silesia, Moravia, Austria and Tyrol, as well as two cityscapes, being of Leipzig and Dresden.