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SELLER, John (fl. 1660-1697). Hydrographia Universalis, or a book of maritime charts. London: [c.1695].
Extremely rare miniature atlas with 18 maps of the Americas, 3 of Asia, 3 of Africa and 2 polar charts. Following financial difficulties with his folio atlases, Seller turned to producing smaller format atlases which were less costly to produce. 28 of the maps here were previously produced in Seller's 1682 Atlas Maritimus; but the present lot also has 3 maps not in either of the British Library copies of the Atlas Maritimus or this title (including one map of Newfoundland). This copy also has 7 more maps than the British Library copy of Hydrographia Universalis. No copies can be traced as selling at auction (ABPC/RBH). Shirley BL M.SELL-7a.
Oblong octavo (144 x 171mm). Engraved title and 54 maps (variable unobtrusive dampstaining, occasional faint spotting and browning). Contemporary calf (rebacked, worn, front cover detached). Provenance: manuscript list of maps of flyleaf in early hand -- Thomas Wyndham (1681-1745, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1726-1739; later ink inscription on title ascribing ownership).
Extremely rare miniature atlas with 18 maps of the Americas, 3 of Asia, 3 of Africa and 2 polar charts. Following financial difficulties with his folio atlases, Seller turned to producing smaller format atlases which were less costly to produce. 28 of the maps here were previously produced in Seller's 1682 Atlas Maritimus; but the present lot also has 3 maps not in either of the British Library copies of the Atlas Maritimus or this title (including one map of Newfoundland). This copy also has 7 more maps than the British Library copy of Hydrographia Universalis. No copies can be traced as selling at auction (ABPC/RBH). Shirley BL M.SELL-7a.
Oblong octavo (144 x 171mm). Engraved title and 54 maps (variable unobtrusive dampstaining, occasional faint spotting and browning). Contemporary calf (rebacked, worn, front cover detached). Provenance: manuscript list of maps of flyleaf in early hand -- Thomas Wyndham (1681-1745, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1726-1739; later ink inscription on title ascribing ownership).
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