First Edition of a Very Early Atlas of Islands
With Important New World Mapping
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Atlas/ Islands. BORDONE, Benedetto di
[Venice, 1528]
Isolario ... nel qual si ragiona di tutte l’Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere ...
Small folio [31.5 x 22 cm]
(10) pp., 73 ff., including title printed in red and black, with 2 full-page and 3 double-page maps and many maps in the text. Bound in early vellum boards. Edges of title restored, gutter of initial and final leaves reinforced, single wormtrack through first 9 leaves, occasionally touching printed surface; light handsoiling throughout, otherwise excellent with maps in strong impressions.
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An Early Atlas of Islands Engraved with Delicate Beauty
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Atlas/ Islands/ Caribbean. PORCACCHI, Thomaso
[Venice, 1590]
L'isole piu famose del Mondo.
Small folio [20.25 x 29.5]
(6) (of 12) ff., including engraved title, 201, (1) pp., including 47 copper plate engraved maps in text. Note: bound contemporaneously without 2nd half of index (b signature). Complete with all maps. Bound in contemporary flexible vellum, borders of covers gilt-ruled with arabesque in center, spine gilt with double bands. Head of spine chipped, and some soling to covers. Engraved ex libris of Thomas Heath, Merchant of Exeter and another of the Western Reserve Historical Society, stamped withdrawn. Some soiling in outer margin of title and scattered leaves, faint waterstain in margin of others; notwithstanding a fresh example with the maps with excellent impressions.
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A Magnificent Example of the First Standardized Atlas
With Maps in Rich, Original Color
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Atlas. ORTELIUS, A.
[Antwerp, 1592]
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [colophon:] . . . Antuerpiae, In Officina Plantiniana, Auctoris are & cura. M.D.XCII.
Folio
Sumptuously gold-tooled, modern red morocco binding. 134 maps with fine, original color. Occasional light toning or staining, few minor mends, still overall excellent.
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Rare Early Edition of the First Atlas of the Americas
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Atlas. WYTFLIET, C.
[Louvain, 1598]
Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum sive Occidentis notitia.
Sm. folio.
(4) p.l., 191, (1) pp. & 19 double page maps. Contemporary calf boards re-backed, red morocco label on spine, title in gold, raised bands and gold stamped designs; water staining to top of title page and to one corner of leaves not affecting printed areas, maps all wide-margined with dark impressions; overall excellent.
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The Most Complete Edition
Beautifully Illustrated with 49 Engraved Maps And Views
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Mediterranean/ Greece/ Holy Land/ Turkey. BEAUVAU, Henri de.
[Nancy, 1619]
Relation iournaliere du voyage du Levant faict & descrit par... Henry de Beauvau, Baron di dict lieu... Reveu, augmenté et enrichy par l’autheur de pourtraicts des lieux les plus remarquables.
4to. [24.2 x 19 cm]
(4) ff. including engraved title, 181 (recto 180) pp. with 49 engraved plates in text. Bound in limp vellum, gilt stamp of Camille Aboussouan on upper cover, later ties. With Aboussouan’s two bookplates, on front pastedown and verso of flyleaf. Also with Sefik Atabey’s bookplate pasted inside the front cover. Contemporary inscriptions on the title: Ex dono D. de Pigier, Ex Bibliotheca S. Victoria Paris; (cancelled) library stamp of Muséum D’Histoire Naturelle. Some faint waterstaining to upper corner of some leaves, scattered spotting throughout, else excellent.
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