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Lot 135
  • 135

Courtalon, l'abbé.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Atlas Elementaire... de l'Empire d'Allemagne. Paris: Julien and others, 1774
4to (315 x 240mm.), double-page engraved title (plain), 13 mostly double-page engraved maps and 24 double-page tables within woodcut borders, maps and tables in contemporary body colour and wash, contemporary french red morocco gilt, three-line borders, arms of Philippe Henri, Marquis de Ségur on sides, spine fully gilt, blue endpapers

Provenance

Arms of Philippe Henri, Marquis de Ségur (1724-1801, Marshal of France: Olivier 1800); the Rosebery copy  (sale in these rooms, 16 December 1923, lot 591); bookplate of John Roland Abbey (sale in these rooms, 22 June 1965)