[MARITIME ATLAS]. BELLIN (Jacques Nicolas). The Small Mariti - Lot 83

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[MARITIME ATLAS]. BELLIN (Jacques Nicolas). The Small Mariti - Lot 83
[MARITIME ATLAS]. BELLIN (Jacques Nicolas). The Small Maritime Atlas. Collection of maps and plans of the four parts of the world, in five volumes [...] By order of M. le Duc de Choiseul [...]. S. l. [Paris], 1764. 5 volumes in-4°, calfskin, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, fleuron at the corners, monogram "m" in the center, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt edges (period binding). Work entirely engraved in intaglio, consisting of: six titles by ARRIVET (out of seven), a dedication leaf to the duke of Choiseul, five engraved tables and 488 ENGRAVED & AQUARELLED MAPS & PLANS (out of 577), some folded, all mounted on tabs. Volume I : " L'Amerique Septentrionale et les Isles Antilles ", that is two titles and 102 maps or plans. Volume III : " I°. Asia. II°. Africa", that is two titles and 126 maps or plans (numbered 1 to 124, 92* & 95*). Volume IV : " Europe and the various States it contains except France ", that is 128 maps and plans. Volume V : " The Costes of France and the maritime places on the Ocean and the Mediterranean ", that is 132 maps and plans. Volume II (89 maps on " L'Amerique Méridionale "), EN DEFICIT in deficit; a few accidents to the bindings; coat of arms cancelled and covered with a piece of paper bearing a monogram; title of volumes I & V cut out at the head; wetness on the last twenty plates of volume III ONE OF THE BEST ATLAS of the 18th century.
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