Null Atlante universale
e portatile. Naples, Gabinetto Letterario 1817. With eng…
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Atlante universale e portatile. Naples, Gabinetto Letterario 1817. with eng. Title with vign. and 18 (instead of ?) folio bordercol. Copper engrav. Laid. The maps are numbered 1-4, 7-17, 21, 24 and 25. 2 hemispheric maps, 1 world map, Asia, Africa, North America and South America, mostly after P.Lpie. - Mostly spotty a. somewhat dusty, map 13 (Rhine Confederation and Switzerland) with tear. Front. Torn inner hinge.

1945 

Atlante universale e portatile. Naples, Gabinetto Letterario 1817. with eng. Title with vign. and 18 (instead of ?) folio bordercol. Copper engrav. Laid. The maps are numbered 1-4, 7-17, 21, 24 and 25. 2 hemispheric maps, 1 world map, Asia, Africa, North America and South America, mostly after P.Lpie. - Mostly spotty a. somewhat dusty, map 13 (Rhine Confederation and Switzerland) with tear. Front. Torn inner hinge.

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