[IMPORTANT COMPOSITE ATLAS MID-19th CENTURY: ISLANDS, ALMOST - Lot 315

[IMPORTANT COMPOSITE ATLAS MID-19th CENTURY: ISLANDS, ALMOST ISLANDS AND ARCHIPELAGOS] In broadside half morocco with corners (72 x 56 cm). It is composed of 46 double or single plates, mounted on tabs, usually 102 x 71 cm approx. for the doubles, or slightly smaller, some with watercolored borders, listed on a handwritten sheet at the head of the Atlas. Details: Azores Islands, by Captain Vidal, 1844, published by Robiquet in 1853; North America by Dufour, 1854; West Indies and Gulf of Mexico by Robiquet, 1853 or 1854; Aegean Archipelago by Robiquet, 1854; Ascension Island (on single page), surveyed by Duperrey in 1825 and published around 1855; The Australian colonies published by the Soc. for the useful knowledge, [1853]; Islas Baleares con las nuevas divisiones, Dufour, 1849; Théâtre de la guerre dans la Baltique by Lapie, Andriveau-Goujon 1854; Candie, Critie ou Crète, by Lapie, Picque 1825; Iles Canaries, Vidal 1838, pub. by Robiquet in 1853; Iles du Cap Verd, Vidal & Mudge, Robiquet 1848; The Island of Ceylon by Arrowsmith, Cruschley 1849; Reduzirte Karte vom Chinesischen Meere, by Horsburgh (Berghaus), Justus Perthes, 1835, in 2 maps (south and north); Corse, Hell, Dépôt général de la Marine, 1831; Crimea (simple map), by Arrowsmith, [1854]; Cuba, Dufour, 1848; Archipelago of Tuscany: île d'Elbe et adjacentes, Dépôt de la guerre, 1802-03, published 1821; Isle of France or Mauritius from a French M. S., 1813, corrected in 1826 (simple map); Part of the Galapagos Archipelago, Dupetit-Thouars, 1842; Guadeloupe (simple map), Picquet, drawn up in 1822; Haiti formerly Saint-Domingue, Picquet (simple map), 1840; Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands) and surrounding islands, Dumont-Durville 1847; Côtes de la France, département du Var, entre presqu'île de Giens et cap Camarat, 1843; Ionian Islands and Malta, Arrowsmith, 1844; Jamaïca, Arrowsmith, 1848 (simple map); Sunda, Borneo and Meere, Djava, Celebes, by Berghaus, J. Perthes 1835; Jersey, Guernsey (simple map), Laurie, 1846; Madagascar, Arrowsmith, 1850 (simple map); Madeira, Vidal, 1843; Malouines, Fitzroy, 1850; Martinique, Dépôt général de la Marine, 1831; Mayotte, Dépôt général de la Marine, 1845; Morée et Cyclades, Pelet, 1833; Nossé-Bé, Côte N.-O. coast of Madagascar, Dépôt général de la Marine, 1843; New Zealand, 1853 (simple map); Theatre of War Ottoman Empire, Andriveau-Goujon, 1854; Reduzirte Karte von den Philippinen und Sulu Inseln, J. Perthes, 1832; Archipelagos Taïti, Pomotou, Nouka-Hiva etc.., Dumont-Durville, 1843; Réunion, Ile Bourbon, by Maillart, 1852; Saint-Helena, Barnes, 1816(simple map); Sardegna, Della Marmora, 1853; Iles de la Société, surveyed by Duperrey in 1823; Insel Sumatra, J. Perthes, 1837; Tobago in the Seded Islands, by Byres, 1832; Isle of Wight, Madge, 1840(?). Minor damage to binding. Some minor paper defects, including tiny little accidents at some lower margins or at the tabs, or tiny wet spots, especially at the margins, some ff. a little yellowed, but overall in good condition. An extract from Robiquet's catalog of nautical charts has been pasted on the spine of some maps. A unique copy.