369 - Atlases

Atlases A Pocket Atlas for the General Description of the Earth. Drawn by Captain (C. Chr. Fr.) Radefeld and First Lieutenant (L.) Renner. With 115 steel-engraved maps and plans, mostly with outline coloring. No place (Hildburghausen, published by the Bibliographic Institute, undated (1834–41)). Quarto 8°. Slightly later marbled half-leather binding of the period with a printed short title on a paper label; covers bound in stone-marmorated paper with red edging on the reverse (corners slightly bumped; spine and covers scuffed). First edition of this remarkable miniature atlas featuring highly detailed steel engravings. - Espenhorst 180f. - Complete copy of the pocket atlas, sought after for its detailed maps and precise place names, distributed in installments from 1834 under the title Meyer’s Pfennig-Atlas. The “Atlas for Hand Use” was actually a small-format reprint comprising 12 maps, each featuring two circular plans of European cities (Stockholm, Lisbon, Porto, Karlsruhe, Milan, Verona, Venice, Mantua, Dresden, Bremen, Breslau, Liegnitz, Halle, Erfurt, Strasbourg, Basel, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg, Würzburg, Ulm, Marienbad, Teplitz, and Darmstadt, Frankfurt/Main), each featuring two circular plans of European cities. - The engraved title page is missing (which lists 116 maps; according to Espenhorst, this count includes the title page itself); it has been replaced by a later title page printed largely with the same text. The slightly later endpapers show signs of glue staining; the various papers are fox-stained in places and somewhat browned. Overall, a well-preserved copy, featuring maps that are mostly broadly border-colored in many hues. First edition of this remarkable miniature atlas, featuring 115 highly detailed steel engravings with colored outlines. Bound in a marbled half-leather binding of the period (corners slightly bumped, spine and covers heavily worn). - Espenhorst 180f. - A complete copy of this pocket atlas, sought after for its detailed maps and precise place names, which was distributed in installments from 1834 onward under the title Meyer’s Pfennig-Atlas. This atlas was in fact a small-format, re-engraved work based on Meyer’s “Universal-Atlas,” expanded to include 12 maps, each featuring two circular plans of European cities (Stockholm, Lisbon, Porto, Karlsruhe, Milan, Verona, Venice, Mantua, Dresden, Bremen, Breslau, Liegnitz, Halle, Erfurt, Strasbourg, Basel, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg, Würzburg, Ulm, Marienbad, Teplitz, and Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main). - The engraved title page is missing (which lists 116 maps, including the title according to Espenhorst); it has been replaced by a later title page, printed largely with the same text. Endpapers show glue stains; several sheets, printed on various types of paper, are foxed in places and show minor browning. Overall, a well-preserved copy, featuring maps mostly with bright and vivid colored outlines. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.