Delisle | Atlante novissimo, 1740-1750, 2 volumes

DESLISLE, GUILLAUME

Atlante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del mondo, nel quale sono esattamente descritti. Venice: Giambattista Albrizzi, 1740-1750

2 volumes, folio (364 x 255mm.), engraved half-title repeated in each volume, printed titles in red and black, 78 double-page engraved maps, old vellum, very minor worming to beginning of volume 2, a few repairs (also to bindings), slightly soiled and rubbed

These Delisle maps, published by Albrizzi, are in a smaller format than those printed by Buache and others in France, and Covens and Mortier in Amsterdam.

LITERATURE:

Phillips, Atlases 594