Lot n° 924

[Atlas - Iceland] - Atlas du voyage en Islande, imprimé par ordre de S.M. Danoise. Paris,

Estimation : €250/350
Adjudication : 500 €
Description
Strasbourg, Levrault, 1802, 4-to, marbl. calf (rubbed, some chips of leather lacking, bumped corners), flat gilt spine (def. at head with some loss, wormholes), 1 folding map & 60 pls (chip of paper lacking on t.-p., a sm. marg. hole in 1 p.). Very good interior. Charming atlas to Eggert Olafsson’s (1725-1768) “Voyage en Islande, fait par ordre de S. M. danoise” containing 1 beautiful folding map of Iceland (45,5 x 58,5 cm) and 60 plates showing life and activities of the inhabitants, lakes, rivers and fjors, glaciers, geyser, volcans, fossils, birds, fish, insects, etc. etc. Libr. ticket.
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