MAIOR ATLAS SCHOLASTICUS, compiled from thirty-six general a - Lot 199

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MAIOR ATLAS SCHOLASTICUS, compiled from thirty-six general a - Lot 199
MAIOR ATLAS SCHOLASTICUS, compiled from thirty-six general and special Homann maps depicting the world in general and, above all, Germany… N.p. (Nuremberg), Homann’s Heirs, 1752–1773. Folio, soft sheepskin with double straight blind-stamped border and gilt title on the front cover (contemporary binding). Phillips, IV-4195 /// (1f.), 36 pl. Engraved title page with a list of maps in Latin and German, and 36 double-page maps colored in the period by Haas, Harenber, Hübner, Lowitz, Majer Schatz, Tannoni, Tollmann, and Zürner. The title page is dated 1752, and the maps are dated between 1730 and 1773. The binding is discolored and damaged; several maps are loose, there is water damage, and two maps have tears along the fold.
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