Decorative Arts & Silver Online Auction

October 22, 2015

LOT 211

Lot 211

[Book-Atlas] Samuel Dunn, (d.1794)

[Book-Atlas] Samuel Dunn, (d.1794)
Lot 211 Details
[Book-Atlas] Samuel Dunn, (d.1794)

A NEW ATLAS OF THE MUNDANE SYSTEM; OR, OF GEOGRAPHY AND COSMOGRAPHY: DESCRIBING THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE DISTANCES, MOTIONS AND MAGNITUDES OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES: THE VARIOUS EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, STATES AND REPUBLICS, THROUGHOUT THE KNOWN WORLD, 1794

folio, third edition, with 6 double page engraved plates and 45 double page maps with colour outline and 16 engraved text diagrams, in contemporary calf boards with ribbed titled spine, printed for Robert Sayer and Co.,
18.5" x 12.5" — 47 x 31.8 cm.

Estimate $600-$800

Realised: $2,160
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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[Book-Atlas] Samuel Dunn, (d.1794)
  • [Book-Atlas] Samuel Dunn, (d.1794)
  • [Book-Atlas] Samuel Dunn, (d.1794)
  • [Book-Atlas] Samuel Dunn, (d.1794)

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