- 3092
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772).
Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Le Petit atlas maritime, recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde en cinq volumes. Paris: Bellin, 1764
6 parts in 5 volumes [volume 3 is in 2 parts], 4to (315 x 235mm.), 3, [1]pp., illustration: engraved general title, 6 engraved divisional titles, engraved dedication and indexes, and 577 maps, charts and plans (including 1 bis plate, not cited in the index), engraved by Croisey, many double-page or folding, binding: contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, green silk markers, lacking one map, very occasional marginal soiling or discoloration, bindings slightly rubbed
Literature
Phillips, Atlases 638; NMM 211, listing 580 maps; Nordenskiöld 10
Catalogue Note
The contents of the five volumes are arranged geographically:
Volume I. L'Amerique septentrionale (101 of 102 maps), lacking map 64 ( La rade du Cap)
Volume II. L'Amerique meridionale (89 maps)
Volume III, Part 1. L'Asie; Part 2. L'Afrique (125 maps, including plate 95 bis, Costes du Senegal, not called for in index)
Volume IV. L'Europe (130 maps)
Volume V. Les costes de France (132 maps)