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SEUTTER, Matthaeus (1678-1756). Atlas novus sive Tabulae geographicae totius orbis faciem. Augsburg: Seutter, [c. 1735?].
Finely coloured atlas by a contemporary hand, the map of the Americas showing California as an island. The first edition of this atlas (with 16 maps) was published in 1720. The maps include the World, Europe, Asia, Africa and America, maps of all the European countries, and a map of the Holy Land. The number of maps in each atlas was variable according to the wishes of the purchaser; the table of contents of this copy is pasted over another table of contents containing 50 maps. Cf. Shirley BL T.SEU-2a.
Folio (534 x 320 mm). Engraved allegorical title by Martin Gottfried Grophius after Jacob Cristoph Weyerman and 19 double-page engraved maps all with contemporary hand colouring, letterpress overslip of atlas contents pasted onto verso of second text leaf. Contemporary limp calf wallet-style binding, upper cover with title stamped in blind (rubbed, splits and wear to wallet-flap). Provenance: Franz Serafim von Ossing (ink ownership inscription dated 1790 beneath large coat of arms, perhaps of the Chigi family, on front pastedown).
Finely coloured atlas by a contemporary hand, the map of the Americas showing California as an island. The first edition of this atlas (with 16 maps) was published in 1720. The maps include the World, Europe, Asia, Africa and America, maps of all the European countries, and a map of the Holy Land. The number of maps in each atlas was variable according to the wishes of the purchaser; the table of contents of this copy is pasted over another table of contents containing 50 maps. Cf. Shirley BL T.SEU-2a.
Folio (534 x 320 mm). Engraved allegorical title by Martin Gottfried Grophius after Jacob Cristoph Weyerman and 19 double-page engraved maps all with contemporary hand colouring, letterpress overslip of atlas contents pasted onto verso of second text leaf. Contemporary limp calf wallet-style binding, upper cover with title stamped in blind (rubbed, splits and wear to wallet-flap). Provenance: Franz Serafim von Ossing (ink ownership inscription dated 1790 beneath large coat of arms, perhaps of the Chigi family, on front pastedown).
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