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Gros & Delettrez

278 - [Atlas and Geography Collection].

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€500 - 600

Sale fees

30%

[Atlas and Geography Collection]. BRUE. DELAMARCHE. MALTE-BRUN. STIELER... Set of 10 19th-century atlases. - ANDRIVEAU-GOUJON. Universal Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography... Paris: Published by the author, 1877. Folio (52.5 x 34 cm), title page, table of contents, 13 maps, including maps of the Ottoman Empire and Algeria on two folios each, the map of Germany in 3 sheets, and 3 sheets of the map of France (which consists of 5 sheets; sheets 3, 4, and 5 are present), in the publisher’s red half-shagreen (unbound; the left side margin of the map of Switzerland is worn). - ANDRIVEAU-GOUJON. Classical and Universal Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography... Paris, E. Andriveau-Goujon, [n.d., late 19th cent.]. Folio (53.5 x 33.5 cm), title page and 30 maps, publisher’s green half-chagrin binding (binding rubbed, small tears with no missing material on some maps). - BRUE, A. Universal Atlas of Physical, Political, Ancient, and Modern Geography... Paris, the author, 1822. Folio (53 x 36 cm), title page, table of contents, (2) pp., 33 double-page maps, including the map of France with one sheet missing, contemporary red half-shagreen, smooth spine, “to Mademoiselle Laurette.” gilded in the center of the upper cover (binding rubbed, foxing). All maps enhanced with colored borders and bearing a dry stamp reading “Map reproduced from the author’s collection.” - BRUE, A. Universal Atlas of Physical, Political, Ancient, and Modern Geography... Second edition. Paris, the author, 1830. Folio (53 x 36 cm), (4) leaves including title page and table of contents, 52 double-page maps enhanced with colored borders, binding missing (paper very slightly oxidized, title page detached, some marginal defects). Author’s stamp on all maps. - DELAMARCHE, Félix. Atlas of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Geography... Paris, published by Delamarche, 1837. In-4 (30 x 24.5), Title page, table of contents, 31 maps (out of 37, excluding the world map and the maps of Asia, South America, North America, Africa, and Oceania). Loose sheets, a fine copy with some scattered foxing - HERISSON. BASSET. Antique atlas (period cardboard binding, heavily damaged): formerly mounted on tabs, engraved on copper in black with colored boundaries (minor marginal defects); flat-folded sheets: Spain (1822), Italy (1821), Switzerland (1821), Germany (1821), European Turkey (1822), Sweden and Denmark (1821), European Russia (1812), England, Scotland, and Ireland (1806), Asia (1819) + Hand-drawn, unlabeled map of France, with colored borders, on laid paper (ca. 1800). - MALTE-BRUN. HUOT. Complete and Precise Atlas of Universal Geography by Malte-Brun... Paris, Aimé André, 1837. Small folio (37 x 26 cm), [2] ff., 16 pp., 72 lithographed maps, period light brown half-basane, unbound, upper cover missing and lower cover detached, water stains). - MALTE-BRUN. HUOT. A Summary of the Universal Geography by Malte-Brun... New edition. Paris, 1843. Folio (41 x 32 cm), title page with table of contents on the reverse, 72 maps including duplicates (numbered 1–86; each duplicate bears two numbers). Loose sheets in a worn beige half-cloth folder. Included are 4 plates from the Atlas of the History of Julius Caesar. Paris, Henri Plon; Vienna, Charles Gerold fils, 1865. Loose sheets in the publisher’s green folder. - MARTINEAU, M. A. New Illustrated Atlas, Universal Geography... Paris, Direction et Administration, 1895. Large folio (40 x 29 cm), publisher’s red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, gilt title, decorated percaline covers (scuffing and wear to the binding). Fine copy It consists of a title page and 65 double-page geographical maps, engraved on steel with colored boundaries, numbered 1 through 62, including maps 47, 50, and 51 bis. The map of Palestine (No. 3) consists of two maps on the same sheet, the second numbered 3 bis. A large fold-out map of the railways of Europe is bound at the end. -STIELER, Adolf. Adolf Stieler’s Hand Atlas Gotha, Justus Perthes, (ca. 1870–1880). Small folio, (2) title pages and table of contents, 7-(1) pp., 67 double-page color maps out of 95, green morocco-bound half-basane with the publisher’s mark (binding worn, spine missing).

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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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