ZATTA, Antonio (fl. 1757-97). Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta [1775]-1784. One volume only with 25 extra maps, 2° (386 x 270mm). Double-page engraved frontispiece, 46 hand-coloured engraved maps, most double-page, called for by Shirley in vol. I and 25 extra maps. (Lacking engraved title.) Contemporary vellum, label on spine (label chipped, some stains, corners bumped).
ZATTA, Antonio (fl. 1757-97). Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta [1775]-1784. One volume only with 25 extra maps, 2° (386 x 270mm). Double-page engraved frontispiece, 46 hand-coloured engraved maps, most double-page, called for by Shirley in vol. I and 25 extra maps. (Lacking engraved title.) Contemporary vellum, label on spine (label chipped, some stains, corners bumped).

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ZATTA, Antonio (fl. 1757-97). Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta [1775]-1784. One volume only with 25 extra maps, 2° (386 x 270mm). Double-page engraved frontispiece, 46 hand-coloured engraved maps, most double-page, called for by Shirley in vol. I and 25 extra maps. (Lacking engraved title.) Contemporary vellum, label on spine (label chipped, some stains, corners bumped).

A collection of maps from volume I of Zatta's Atlante Novissimo. A variant of the first edition with differences in the type setting of the preliminary leaves. It includes 25 extra maps from other volumes not called for by Shirley as being in vol. I: several maps of Asia, Africa, South and North America, Canada and New Zealand. Please see following lot for another copy of Zatta's work in 4 volumes. Shirley BL T.ZAT-1a.

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