$431
Gregorii, Johann Gottfried (1685-1770) Atlas Portatilis, oder Compendieuse Vorstellung Der Gantzen Welt: in einer kleinen Cosmographie . Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel, 1770. Octavo, folding double-page title printed in red and black, illustrated with twenty-nine of the thirty double-page plates (mostly maps) as called for in the register, all hand-colored; contemporary boards, sewing structure perished, some mildew in the lower right corner throughout, 6 3/4 x 4 in. [and] Christian Ernst Wunsch's (1744-1828) Kosmologische Unterhaltungen fur junge Freunde der Naturerkenntniss , volume one, Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1794, octavo, illustrated with nineteen folding plates of astronomical subjects, the two most elaborate of which are hand-colored and depict the constellations, contemporary half-leather and paste-paper boards, worn, light foxing throughout, edges of plates projecting from textblock, with attendant marginal wear, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (2)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16