372 - Atlases

Atlases Rizzi-Zannoni, (Giovanni Antonio) Geographical Atlas containing the World Map and the Four Parts, with the Various States of Europe. Each with an engraved frontispiece, title page (engraved by L. Legrand), and a double-sheet-sized map index, as well as 31 double-sheet-sized copperplate maps, some colored by area and some by outline (numbered a, 1–27, 7bis, 10bis, and 24bis). Paris, Lattré, 1762. 5 leaves (preface, frontispiece, title page, plate index), 62 leaves, small 12° (12.3 x 8 cm). Marbled contemporary calf with partially floral ornamentation; gilt lettering on spine and fore-edges, as well as the title on a leather label, endpapers of colored snail-patterned marbled paper, and red-edged pages (with minor losses at the heads; corners bumped and scuffed). A rare and charming pocket-sized world atlas. - Not listed in Phillips. - This fully engraved pocket atlas by the Italian geographer and cartographer Giovanni Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni (1736–1814), who was then in French service (including at the Royal Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine), contains consistently precisely drawn and boldly engraved maps of the Ptolemaic fixed-star sphere, both hemispheres, and extensive overview maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean, the British Isles, Scandinavia, European Russia, France (overview and 4 detailed maps), and Germany (overview and 6 detailed maps)—presumably intended to be assembled into a larger map—as well as the Netherlands and Flanders, Prussia, Poland, Spain, Italy, and European Turkey. - Some maps have slight foxing and dirt stains along the margins; otherwise, a clean copy with maps in rich, antique colors. A rare and charming pocket-sized world atlas, featuring an allegorical frontispiece, title page, and a double-page map index, as well as 31 double-page outline and partially or fully colored maps, all in splendid copper engravings. Bound in a marbled contemporary calf with partial floral gold tooling, gilt title on a mounted leather label, decorative endpapers made of colored snail-marbled paper, and red edges throughout (with minor flaws to the headbands, the corners somewhat bumped, and the boards worn). - Not listed in Phillips. - This fully engraved pocket atlas by the Italian geographer and cartographer Giovanni Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni (1736–1814), who was then in the service of the French government (including the Royal Depot of Naval Charts and Maps), contains consistently precise and boldly engraved maps of the Ptolemaic celestial sphere, both hemispheres, and extensive maps providing overviews of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean, the British Isles, Scandinavia, European Russia, France (overview and 4 inset maps) and Germany (overview and 6 inset maps)—the latter presumably intended to be assembled—the Netherlands and Flanders, Prussia, Poland, Spain, Italy, and European Turkey. - Some maps have slight foxing and soiling in the margins. Otherwise, a clean copy with maps in rich contemporary coloring. This lot is subject to standard taxation. 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 margin scheme. 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.