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961 - VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, statistique et minéralogique [...]. Brussels [P. Vandermaelen] 1827 6 vol., folio: [4]-43-[1], [4], [4], [4], [4], [4] pp.; 388 hand-coloured maps (marg. dampst. in upper corner of vol. 1, occ. some light toning in vol. 2, very few spots but overall good condition). Contemp. half calf, marbled paper boards, spines with raised bands (some sm. restorations to spines, some light rubbing). Third edition of Ph. Vandermaelen's folio-size atlas published in instalments between 1825 & 1827. It is the first atlas produced by the then new printing process of lithography and the first to show the whole world in maps using a large uniform scale resulting in the most detailed maps made at the time, or according to a contemporary: "Les grands traits du monde sont connus; les détails seuls sont laissés à notre persévérance". With 6 general maps of the continents and 29 maps of Europe, 111 of Asia, 60 of Africa, 77 of North America, 44 of South America and 60 of Oceania. Enriched with multiple alternative maps: map 24 (Greece) in vol. 1, map 102 in vol. 2, map 5 (Egypt) in vol. 3, maps 38, 39 (Oregon), 41, 46 (California) and 47 (Mexico) in vol. 4 and map 16 in part 6. Ref. Inventaire raisonné des collections cartographiques Vandermaelen V, Atlas [3]. Prov. Family Borluut (arm. bookpl. with mention "Groeninghe velt").
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VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, statistique et minéralogique [...]. Brussels [P. Vandermaelen] 1827 6 vol., folio: [4]-43-[1], [4], [4], [4], [4], [4] pp.; 388 hand-coloured maps (marg. dampst. in upper corner of vol. 1, occ. some light toning in vol. 2, very few spots but overall good condition). Contemp. half calf, marbled paper boards, spines with raised bands (some sm. restorations to spines, some light rubbing). Third edition of Ph. Vandermaelen's folio-size atlas published in instalments between 1825 & 1827. It is the first atlas produced by the then new printing process of lithography and the first to show the whole world in maps using a large uniform scale resulting in the most detailed maps made at the time, or according to a contemporary: "Les grands traits du monde sont connus; les détails seuls sont laissés à notre persévérance". With 6 general maps of the continents and 29 maps of Europe, 111 of Asia, 60 of Africa, 77 of North America, 44 of South America and 60 of Oceania. Enriched with multiple alternative maps: map 24 (Greece) in vol. 1, map 102 in vol. 2, map 5 (Egypt) in vol. 3, maps 38, 39 (Oregon), 41, 46 (California) and 47 (Mexico) in vol. 4 and map 16 in part 6. Ref. Inventaire raisonné des collections cartographiques Vandermaelen V, Atlas [3]. Prov. Family Borluut (arm. bookpl. with mention "Groeninghe velt").
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