Lot 27
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
Le petit atlas maritime recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde en cinq volumes. Paris: S. Bellin, 1764. 5 volumes, 4to, [320 x 240mm.], 6 engraved titles [including title to part 2 of volume 3] and 582 uncoloured engraved maps [lacking plate 91 in volume 3, but with bis plates 39 and 61 in volume 2, bis plates 3, 92 & 95 in volume 3 and bis plates 50 & 109 in volume 4], slight discolouration to margins of titles, bindings slightly scraped, head and bases of spines a bit rubbed
Footnote
Note: Phillips, Atlases 638; NMM 211, listing 580 maps; Nordenskiöld 10.
The contents of the five volumes are arranged geographically:
Volume I. L'Amerique septentrionale (102 maps)
Volume II. L'Amerique meridionale (91 maps, including 39bis and 61bis)
Volume III, Part 1. L'Asie; Part 2. L'Afrique (127 maps, lacking plate 91, but with plates 3bis, 92bis & 95bis)
Volume IV. L'Europe (130 maps, including 50bis & 109bis)
Volume V. Les costes de France (132 maps)
The seas do not have a colour wash.
Provenance: Alex. Schaw, bookplates; "C.d GG MM", crest and anchor device on sides; To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.