Lot 86
Köhler, Johann David - Weigel, Christoph - German atlas
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
German composite atlas, predominantly incorporating elements from Köhler's Atlas manualis scholasticus et itinerarius. [Nuremberg: C. Weigel, after 1720] [Phillips 569], 60 engraved maps and city plans (59 hand-coloured) and 5 engraved plates, including a Homann world map in global form and continental maps of the Arctic, Antarctic, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, as found in Köhler's atlas, with the remaining maps depicting European states and areas of Germany, does not include engraved title-page, frontispiece or maps of Russia, Palestine and the Ottoman Empire, contemporary half calf, repairs and tears to many plates, covers and spine rubbed and scored
Footnote
Note: Although this work draws upon that of Köhler, and includes many of Weigel's maps, it does not correspond exactly to descriptions of any works by Köhler. This has led to the belief that it has been compiled by an individual, and extra-illustrated. A fairly common practice, this means that the composition of this atlas is unique.
Many thanks to Chris Fleet and all at the National Library of Scotland's map collection for their assistance.