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369 - Atlases A Pocket Atlas for the General Description of the Ea…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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Atlases A Pocket Atlas for the General Description of the Earth. Drawn by Captain (C. Chr. Fr.) Radefeld and First Lieutenant (L.) Renner. With 115 steel-engraved maps and plans, mostly with coloured borders. No place (Hildburghausen, published by the Bibliographical Institute, undated (1834–41). Quarto 8°. Slightly later marbled half-leather binding of the period with a printed short title on a paper label; covers bound in stone-marmorised paper with red edging on the reverse (corners slightly bumped; spine and covers scuffed). First edition of this remarkable miniature atlas with highly detailed steel engravings. - Espenhorst 180f. - A complete copy of the pocket atlas, sought after for its detailed maps and precise place names, distributed in instalments from 1834 onwards under the title *Meyer’s Pfennig-Atlas*. The ‘Atlas für den Handgebrauche’ was in fact a small-format reprint comprising 12 maps, each featuring two circular plans of European cities (Stockholm, Lisbon, Porto, Karlsruhe, Milan, Verona, Venice, Mantua, Dresden, Bremen, Breslau, Liegnitz, Halle, Erfurt, Strasbourg, Basel, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg, Würzburg, Ulm, Marienbad, Teplitz and Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main), each containing two circular plans of European cities. - The engraved title page is missing (which lists 116 maps; according to Espenhorst, this includes the title page itself); it has been replaced by a later title page, printed largely with the same text. The slightly later endpapers show signs of glue staining; the various papers are fox-stained in places and slightly browned. Overall, a well-preserved copy, featuring maps that are mostly colour-outlined in many colours with broad borders. First edition of this remarkable miniature atlas, featuring 115 highly detailed steel engravings with coloured outlines. Bound in a marbled half-leather binding of the period (corners slightly bumped, spine and covers heavily worn). - Espenhorst 180f. - A complete copy of this pocket atlas, sought after for its detailed maps and precise place names, which was distributed in instalments from 1834 onwards under the title Meyer’s Pfennig-Atlas. This atlas was in fact a small-format, re-engraved work based on Meyer’s ‘Universal-Atlas’, expanded to include 12 maps, each featuring two circular plans of European cities (Stockholm, Lisbon, Porto, Karlsruhe, Milan, Verona, Venice, Mantua, Dresden, Bremen, Breslau, Liegnitz, Halle, Erfurt, Strasbourg, Basel, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg, Würzburg, Ulm, Marienbad, Teplitz and Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main). - The engraved title page is missing (which lists 116 maps, including the title according to Espenhorst); this has been replaced by a later title page, printed largely with the same text. Endpapers show glue stains; several sheets, printed on various types of paper, are foxed in places and show minor browning. Overall, a well-preserved copy, featuring maps mostly with bright and vivid coloured outlines. 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 tax regime. 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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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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