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368 - Atlases Atlas moderno para uso da mocidade, .
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Atlases Atlas moderno para uso da mocidade, ... (Modern Atlas for Young People.) Translated from the French (by J. A. da Costa e Sá). With 24 folded copperplate maps. Lisbon, Rolland, 1824. XXIV, 294 (2), 90 (suppl.) pp., 3 leaves (common). Small 8°. Marbled. Contemporary calf binding with title on a leather label in the second of five compartments decorated with double gold fillets, and with yellowed edges on the reverse (slightly bumped at the heads, corners and edges; the covers partly have minimal pinholes and a few very small defects in the binding, scuffed). A compact world atlas and geographical handbook for Portuguese youth in small format. – Dicionário bibliográfico português, 4.1860, p. 220 (regarding the translation) - As mentioned in the preface on p. XVI, the work is a Portuguese translation and adaptation for young people of Guillaume Delisle’s *Introduction à la géographie, avec un traité de la sphere* (1746). This is the 4th, further expanded edition; the atlas was first published in 1782. – The maps are all sharply engraved; there is a detailed index of places in the appendix. - A few older handwritten marginal notes in ink and pencil; overall in good condition; the plates have wide margins and are very clean. Compact world atlas and geographical handbook for Portuguese young people in a neat pocket format, with 24 folding copper-engraved plates. Bound in contemporary calfskin with a title label on a leather tag in the second of five compartments separated by a double gold fillet; the reverse features yellowed edges (slightly bumped at the headbands, corners and edges; the covers have a few very minor flaws and some wear). – For references, see above. - As mentioned in the preface on p. XVI, the work is a Portuguese translation and adaptation for young people of Guillaume Delisle’s *Introduction à la géographie, avec un traité de la sphere* (1746). This is the 4th, further expanded edition. The Portuguese version of the atlas was first published in 1782. - The maps are all sharply engraved and rich in contrast; there is a detailed index of locations in the appendix. - Some older handwritten marginal notes in ink and pencil. Overall in good condition; plates have wide margins and are very clean. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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