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Lot 135

WORLD MAP
PRICE (CHARLES) A New and Correct Map of the World Projected Upon the Plane of the Horizon Laid Down from the Newest Discoveries and Most Exact Observations, George Willdey, at the Great Toy Shop, 1714

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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WORLD MAP

PRICE (CHARLES) A New and Correct Map of the World Projected Upon the Plane of the Horizon Laid Down from the Newest Discoveries and Most Exact Observations, large engraved twin-hemisphere World Map on 2 sheets joined, partially hand-coloured in outline, decorative title and dedication cartouches, allegorical scenes (including women representing the four continents) in upper margin, lower margin with maps of the sun and moon after Kircher and Cassini, and scientific instruments and other items available retail at the publisher's shop, short neat tears at extremities of folds, 635 x 980mm., George Willdey, at the Great Toy Shop, 1714

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A highly decorative world map by Charles Price, the embellishments including some of the "many usefull instruments and curiositys... made to the utmost perfection and sold wholesale or retaile by George Willdey" at his "Great Toy Shop", including globes, clocks and watches, lamps and telescopes.

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