Lot n° 114
Estimation :
800 - 1000
EUR
PSALMANAZAR Georges, SALMON Thomas Histoire universelle, dep - Lot 114
PSALMANAZAR Georges, SALMON Thomas Histoire universelle, depuis le commencement du Monde jusqu'à présent, traduite de l'anglois d'une société de gens de lettres. Amsterdam, Arkstée & Merkus. 1760-1788. 44 volumes in-4° (260 mm x 210 mm approx.) contemporary basane, spine decorated. 158 copper-engraved fold-out maps, plates, etc., fold-out text. One folded plate contains two maps. Some damage to spines and epidermis, some jaws weakened or cracked over a few centimeters. Marginal worm damage, notably to the last few pages of volume 18, yellowed paper in some volumes and minor blemishes, some minor damage to some maps. Antique Rousseau handwritten bookplate on one volume. Rare. Two additional volumes appeared several years later (1792 and 1802). Numerous chapters and maps concerning Asia, including China, Japan, Persia, Africa and the Americas, etc., dependent at certain times on the above-mentioned states. Length approx. 210 cm linear for the 44 volumes spine to spine. Brunet, III, 212.
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