Sold for:
$1,464
$1,464
Nuremberg: Homann's Heirs, 1753. Folio, full contemporary limp calf. Complete with engraved title page incorporating index with 28 decorative coats of arms of various countries and regions of Europe, double-page plate of geographic measuring devices, and 20 double-page engraved maps in color. Rubbing and chipping to boards with some loss; chipping to leaves at edges; some dampstaining and soiling to leaves; repaired tears to some maps; lacking bottom right quarter of "Magna Britannia" (11 x 8 1/2 inches); "Africa" creased vertically and torn at spine; "Americae" detached but present; sold as is with all faults.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-11-15
