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Libros antiguos y modernos

Sotheby'S

The Mercator Atlas of Europe; from the collection formed by the British Rail Pension Fund

1996

23,50 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Detalles

Año de publicación
1996
Lugar de impresión
London. Sotheby's
Autor
Sotheby'S
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Europe Middle East Reference Books
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

4to [27 x 21 cm]; 34, [xiv] pp, numerous colored plates and illustrations, bibliography. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on cover and spine, fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sale LN6719. A very well-illustrated description of the Sotheby's sale held in London 26 November 1996 of this famous atlas which had been previously been auctioned 17 years earlier. Mercator was the greatest cartographer of the modern era and this atlas is the most important surviving ensemble of his works anywhere and the only collection ever likely to appear for sale. It consists of the only two known autograph manuscript maps by him, the only surviving copy of his Europe wall map of 1554, other rare wall maps, etc. With detailed and scholarly descriptions.