[COMPOSITE IN-PLANO ATLAS OF MAPS BY D'ANVILLE c. 1780] - Lot 83

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[COMPOSITE IN-PLANO ATLAS OF MAPS BY D'ANVILLE c. 1780] - Lot 83
[COMPOSITE IN-PLANO ATLAS OF MAPS BY D'ANVILLE c. 1780] In-plane (approx. 570 x 450 mm), green half-cartonnage with corners, traces of laces. Consists of: Western Hemisphere, 1761 completed in 1786, double-page fold-out ; First part of Europe (2 double pages), 1754; Second part of Europe (2 double pages), 1758 ; Troisième partie de l'Europe, dont la Turquie, y compris celle d'Asie (3 double pages), 1760 ; First part of Asia, 1751 (2 double-page maps); Second part of Asia, 1752 (one double-page map); Third part of Asia, 1753 (2 double-page maps); Africa, 1749 (2 double-page fold-outs) ; Amérique septentrionale, 1746 (2 double-page fold-outs) ; Amérique méridionale, 1748 (3 double-page maps); France divided into provinces and generalities, 1780 (double); Italy, 1743 (2 double plates); Coasts of Greece and the Archipelago, 1756 (double page) ; Phoenicia, 1780 (single plate); Euphrates and Tigris, 1779 (double plate, slightly smaller format) ; India, 1752 (2 double folding plates) ; Coromandel, 1753 (2 double pages); Essai d'une nouvelle carte sur la mer Caspienne, n. d. (single map); Persian Gulf, 1776 (on smaller double-page spread); Arabian Gulf, 1765 (double page) ; Egypt, 1765 (double page); Carte... de la côte occidentale de l'Afrique depuis le cap Blanc jusqu'au cap de Verga... 1751 (2 double pages) ; Guinea, 1775 (double page); Canada, Louisiana and English Lands, 1755 (3 double pages) ; The St. Lawrence River, n. d. (double page); Louisiane, drawn up in 1732, published in 1752 (fold-out double page); Orbis Veteribus notus, 1763 (double page) ; Orbis Romani..., 1763 (2 smaller fold-out maps); Gallia antiqua, 1760 (double page); Italiae antiquae..., 1764 (double page) ; Graeciae antiquae, 1762 (double page) ; Asiae... 1764 (double page) ; Palestine, 1767 (on smaller double-page spread); Aegyptus antiqua, 1765 (single page) ; Ad antiquam Indiae..., 1765 (single page) ; [Western Europe in the Middle Ages], 1771 (double page, smaller format); [Carte en anglais de la guerre aux frontières de la Hollande, London, J. Cary, 1794], smaller-format double-page spread; Seven united Provinces, 1789, by Eaden (double page) ; Nouvelle carte de la Suisse, London, Faden, 1799 (double-page fold-out); The sear of war in the southern part of France... London, Sayer, 1793 (double page). A total of 59 plates on large paper, mounted on tabs, most with raised borders. Armorial bookplate on first and last counterplate Honorable Charles B. Agar with ink inscription "The gift of judge Burton". Also affixed to the first flyleaf is a list of d'Anville's maps and a late 18th-century double printed leaf entitled "Avis concernant les cartes géographiques & autres ouvrages de feu M. d'Anville." Very worn binding with missing headpieces and spine. Paper slightly yellowed, light spotting to some maps, scattered foxing, large angular yellow spots to last 6 maps. As is.
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