MOLL, HERMAN. 1654?-1732.
The Compleat Geographer: or, the Chorography and Topography of all the Known Parts of the Earth. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, and Timothy Childe, 1709.
2 parts in one volume. Folio (311 x 191 mm). [24], lv, [5], 482; [2], 341, [1], xxii pp. Title page in red and black, separate title for part 2. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, folding engraved map and 45 engraved maps in text (18 hand-colored in outline). Large engraved sphere, compass, and astronomical systems in text. Period calf, raised bands, blind tooling. Index leaves and some text leaves browned, chip to blank bottom margin of two leaves, maps clean, boards detached and worn.
Provenance: Swinborne (period ownership inscription).
Third edition. With 9 American maps, uncolored, including The Isle of California, New Mexico, etc; The English Empire in America; Mexico, or New Spain; South America and Terra Firma; and Peru and the Amazones Country, among others.
2 parts in one volume. Folio (311 x 191 mm). [24], lv, [5], 482; [2], 341, [1], xxii pp. Title page in red and black, separate title for part 2. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, folding engraved map and 45 engraved maps in text (18 hand-colored in outline). Large engraved sphere, compass, and astronomical systems in text. Period calf, raised bands, blind tooling. Index leaves and some text leaves browned, chip to blank bottom margin of two leaves, maps clean, boards detached and worn.
Provenance: Swinborne (period ownership inscription).
Third edition. With 9 American maps, uncolored, including The Isle of California, New Mexico, etc; The English Empire in America; Mexico, or New Spain; South America and Terra Firma; and Peru and the Amazones Country, among others.
Estimate:
US$ 2,000 - 3,000
£1,300 - 2,000
€1,600 - 2,300
£1,300 - 2,000
€1,600 - 2,300
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