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an old map of the middle east asia and the middle east asiaa blue book with gold lettering on the cover of it
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Estimate €400 - €500
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Atlases Spruner, Karl von Historical and Geographical Pocket Atlas in 3 sections. With explanatory prefaces. 2nd edition. With a total of 118 engraved maps with coloured borders. Gotha, Perthes, 1854–1855. 3 title pages, 58, 11 and 6 pp. (text and introductory notes). Quarto folio. Blind-embossed original half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the cover (slightly rubbed and somewhat scuffed, with a few stains). 2nd edition of this monumental work of 19th-century scientific cartography. - Espenhorst 148 - Engelmann 77 - The maps were produced as extremely fine, highly detailed steel engravings. Rather than merely depicting geography, the maps presented synoptic representations – that is, the state of borders, trade routes and territories at precise historical periods. Contains: I. *Atlas Antiquus* (1850) with 27 maps with coloured borders. – II. Historical-Geographical Pocket Atlas on the History of Europe in 10 instalments (1837–1846) with a further 73 maps with coloured borders. maps. – III. Historical-Geographical Pocket Atlas on the History of Asia, Africa, America and Australia with 18 border-coloured maps. – Maps slightly foxed at the start or browned at the edges; overall a good copy. Atlas. – Second edition. – With 118 border-coloured, intaglio-engraved maps. – Original cloth binding, slightly worn and a little scuffed, with a few stains.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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