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260 - [Americana]. HUMBOLDT, Alexander von.

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€100 - 150

Sale fees

30%

[Americana]. HUMBOLDT, Alexander von. [Facsimile] Geographical and Physical Atlas of the Kingdom of New Spain... Hildesheim, New York, Georg Olms Verlag, 1973. Facsimile based on the Paris edition, published by F. Schoell, 1811. Folio (50 x 34 cm), (4) folios, 4 pages, 21 plates on 19 sheets (plates 6, 7, and 8 on a single sheet). Green half-basane leather with maroquin-style corner caps, accented with a gold fillet on the covers; smooth spine decorated with gold fillets; burgundy title labels; gilt title (spine faded, some scuffing on the binding, a small tear on the lower cover caused by tape, marginal wormholes on plate 3, loose leaves). Facsimile of the Travel Atlas by Humboldt & Bonpland, published in collaboration with the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague. Limited edition of only 200 copies, bound in accordance with the copy that belonged to the King of the Belgians; this copy is No. 150.

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Auction details

Travel Books, Atlases, and Maps
Friday, November 20
02:00 PM
22, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Gros & Delettrez +33 1 47 70 83 04 j.remaut@gros-delettrez.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 280,000 lots published

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