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Wednesday 15 June 2022 e Thursday 16 June 2022, 03:00 PM • Rome

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[Hall, Bishop Joseph]

Mundus alter et idem: sive Terra australis ante hac semper incognita, 1643

Estimate

€ 700 - 900

Sold

€ 896

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Utrecht, J. van Waesberge, 1643. In 12th. 3 parts in 1 vol. each with its own frontispiece and typographical mark, front door illustrated in the first part and with 5 folded geographical maps engraved by Pieter van den Keere, woodcut illustrations on pp. 134-35, a card with a gap compensated in the margin. Linked with Tommaso Campanella. Civitas solis poetica. Same typographic data. Linked with Francis Bacon. Nova Atlantis. Same typographical data, partly detached front door, redness and some stains, trimmed at the upper margin, binding in the middle green Moroccan of the century. XIX, small shortcomings.