Sold for:
$732
$732
[London, 1752]. From plate 4. Engraved double-hemisphere map, uncolored, central title within ornamental frame, four engraved vignettes representing the continents and a globe at the bottom center. In the large top margin, extensive notes in a later eighteenth-century hand, describing post-1752 discoveries of Cook, Kerguelen and Du Fresne. Transcription available upon request. Laid down with Japanese tissue; a few closed marginal tears; some toning to edges; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-08-12
