$1,845
Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726) and Philippe Buache (1700-1773) Atlas Geographique et Universal, Defective Copy. Paris: Dezauche, 1781. Two large folio volumes, containing twenty-four of eighty-four maps in volume one, and five of sixty-eight maps in volume two, and the catalogue (contents) page in each volume; for a total of twenty-nine maps; one single page, the other twenty-eight double page, all copperplate engravings on paper, hand outlined in color; the maps themselves depict subjects in Western Europe; missing maps have been cut from the bindings; boards and spines still present, sold as defective, each volume 21 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (2)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15