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Wednesday 18 October 2023, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Vaugondy, Gilles-Robert de

New portable atlas intended primarily for young people's education, 1800

Estimate

€ 180 - 280

Sold

€ 581

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Paris, Charles François Delamarche, s.d. In 4th. Frontispiece engraved in copper, with 56 numbered plates, of which 6 dedicated to the American continent, a folded map not reported in the index of the Kingdom of France (1817), slight foxing, light halo on the upper external margin, rare small stains, reinforcements on the internal margin, half leather binding with author and titles within red tabs on the spine.§ Together in the lotVidal de La Blache, Paul,Atlas général Vidal-Lablache. Histoire et géographie. 420 cards and cardboards. Index alphabétique de de 46000 noms.Paris, Colin, 1916. and Menke, Teodoro, Atlas of the ancient world: published for the use of schools in the Kingdom of Italy,Gotha, G. Perthes; Turin [etc.], E. Loescher, s.d. [1861].

Specialist Notes

Work I: The atlas is updated with Captain Cook's latest discoveries and presents three maps of the world colored differently based on religion, skin color and physiognomy of men.