Lot 1114 , Fer, Nicholas de - Petit et Nouveau Atlas, 1st edition, oblong qto, original calf, title with armillary sphere and 19 double page mapsheets

° Fer, Nicholas de - Petit et Nouveau Atlas, 1st edition, oblong qto, original calf, title with armillary sphere and 19 double page mapsheets, all hand-coloured in outline, including North America, with California shown as an island, (Isle de Californie) dated 1693, engraved by Charles Inselin, Paris, 1697.
£1,000-1,500

Condition:
binding worn, 19th century manuscript map list to f.f.e.p. other manuscript additions, armillary plate creased and torn to margin, text smudged to one leaf, tears to four maps with no loss, two text leaves torn one with loss to lower corner margin, splits to centrefold with no loss on 12 maps, some ink marks and soiling to margins, occasional fraying to out extremities of leaves.

Sold for £900