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an old book sitting on top of a table next to another bookan old book with a painting of a woman holding a swordan old book with the title atlas major and the title atlas majoran old map of the world with a lot of animals on itan old map of the world with a lot of people around itan old map of the kingdom of england and walesan old map of the country of germany in a bookan old map of europe with the borders of the countries
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60 - ATLAS. WITT (Frédéric de): *Atlas major* or *The Great Atlas…
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Estimate CHF 10,000 - CHF 15,000
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ATLAS. WITT (Frédéric de): *Atlas major* or *The Great Atlas* by Frédérick de Witt. Amsterdam, published by Johannes Covens and Cornelius Mortier, undated (1708); Two folio volumes, in contemporary vellum, with red morocco title labels (binding faded). Vol. I contains maps of Great Britain, the Nordic countries, Russia, France and Germany. Volume II comprises maps of Spain, Italy, the United Provinces, Spanish Flanders, the Ottoman Empire, Greece, Asia, Africa and the Americas. A beautiful frontispiece illustrates each volume. The titles are printed in red and black and adorned with a coloured title vignette. Both frontispieces and all the maps are richly coloured. The work comprises 180 maps and 2 frontispieces.
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About the sale AUCTION: Slatkine Library
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 6:30 PM
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