L'Afrique en Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles, et Exactes; & en Divers Tractes de Geographie, et d'Histoire. . . .
by Sanson, Nicolas
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez l'Autheur, 1656. First Edition . Full Calf. Very Good. 4to. 23.5 by 17.5 cm. Unpaginated, 100 pages of text, plus 2 pp. of ads. With 18 copper engraved maps, all two page plates, each with hand-colored of boundaries. Maps include one of the entire continent, then of its various regions as then known, plus the islands off the continent. Also a map of Malta. Bound in contemporary calf. Condition: calf dry and rubbed on spine, and joints and edges rubbed. Light to moderate soiling in the margins of the pages. Two bookplates -- one of the Marquis of Lothian, the other, the Newbattle Abbey Library.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006682
- Title
- L'Afrique en Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles, et Exactes; & en Divers Tractes de Geographie, et d'Histoire. . . .
- Author
- Sanson, Nicolas
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez l'Autheur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1656
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...