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958 - PEETERS, Jacobus *The Abridged Atlas, or A New Description of the World, Drawn from the Best Authors of This Century*. Antwerp: by the author, 1692. 8vo: [6, including frontispiece]–80 (of 82) pp.; 36 (of 42) pl. (6 maps (celestial map, world map, Persia, Philippines, Russia, Turkey); the last 2 text folios are missing; some staining or spotting). Contemporary vellum, flat spine (slightly soiled). Rare pocket-sized geography book with original, nicely colored frontispiece and 36 maps depicting continental maps, partial maps, and a globe not mentioned in the list of plates. Ref. STCV. - Koeman Pee1.

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€250 - 300

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PEETERS, Jacobus *The Abridged Atlas, or A New Description of the World, Drawn from the Best Authors of This Century*. Antwerp: by the author, 1692. 8vo: [6, including frontispiece]–80 (of 82) pp.; 36 (of 42) pl. (6 maps (celestial map, world map, Persia, Philippines, Russia, Turkey); the last 2 text folios are missing; some staining or spotting). Contemporary vellum, flat spine (slightly soiled). Rare pocket-sized geography book with original, nicely colored frontispiece and 36 maps depicting continental maps, partial maps, and a globe not mentioned in the list of plates. Ref. STCV. - Koeman Pee1.

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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