Lot #: 37711
Correspondance du Globe Terrestre a la sphère Celeste . . . |
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Selling price: $60
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Description
Two terrestrial spheres with explanatory notes, by Nicolas de Fer. From his rare "Petit et Nouveau Atlas". The first edition was published in 1697 and was republished in 1705 and 1723.
The finely engraved map is dated 1692 and was engraved by C. Inselin, the same engraver who engraved the maps in de Fer's later Atlas Curieux, published 1700-1705.
Reference: Pastoureau, Fer XIIa.
The finely engraved map is dated 1692 and was engraved by C. Inselin, the same engraver who engraved the maps in de Fer's later Atlas Curieux, published 1700-1705.
Reference: Pastoureau, Fer XIIa.