11 Mar 2003
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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SCHOTT (ANDREAS) Hispaniae illustratae seu rerum urbiumbq. Hispaniae, Lusitaniae, Aethiopiae et Indiae scriptores varii, 3 vol., woodcut device on titles, and full-page device on final leaf of volume 1 and 2, 2 folding engraved maps of Spain by Abraham Ortelius, one with early printed label over cartouche, the other strengthened on verso with one tear repaired, browning, some worming in volume one (mostly marginal but affecting some text), a few early annotations, later ownership inscription of Alexander Fraser Tytler on titles, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked and recornered [Graesse V, p.314], folio, Frankfurt, Claudius Marnius, & haeredes Johannes Aubrius, 1603-1606
SCHOTT (ANDREAS) Hispaniae illustratae seu rerum urbiumbq. Hispaniae, Lusitaniae, Aethiopiae et Indiae scriptores varii, 3 vol., woodcut device on titles, and full-page device on final leaf of volume 1 and 2, 2 folding engraved maps of Spain by Abraham Ortelius, one with early printed label over cartouche, the other strengthened on verso with one tear repaired, browning, some worming in volume one (mostly marginal but affecting some text), a few early annotations, later ownership inscription of Alexander Fraser Tytler on titles, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked and recornered [Graesse V, p.314], folio, Frankfurt, Claudius Marnius, & haeredes Johannes Aubrius, 1603-1606
Sold for
£728
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The maps are Hispaniae veteris descriptio, and Regni Hispaniae post omnium editiones. A fourth volume was published in 1608.
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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