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Bellin, Le petit atlas maritime. 5 Bde.

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Bellin, J. N. Le petit atlas maritime. Recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde. 5 Bde. (Paris), Bellin, 1764. Kl.- fol. (33,5:24 cm). Gest. Gesamttitel, 5 gest. Band- u. 1 gest. Zwischentitel, gest. Widmung, 5 gest. Indices aus jeweils 2-3 Bll. sowie 582 (236 doppelblattgr., davon 9 eingefalt.) Kupferkarten- u. Pläne. Marmorierte Ldr. d. Zt. mit je 2 farb. Rsch., Rückenvergoldung (jeweils 4 Stempel: je 2 Lilien u. Anker) u. alle Deckel mit dem goldgepr. Wappen-Supralibros des französischen Königs Louis XV.; etwas beschabt u. bestoßen, Oberecken von Bd. 2 abgestoßen, Kapitale teilw. ausgefranst bzw. gefestigt, Bd. 1 hint. Gelenk mit kl. Einriss, Vordergelenk von Bd. 3 gebrochen.

The complete five-volume set of Bellin's maritime atlas containing engraved general and 6 engr. part-titles, engr. dedication and indices to each volume, and 582 engr. maps, charts and plans, including all 7 additional maps listed by Phillips. "Many of the maps are reproductions in reduced size of maps and charts occurring in Bellin's previous atlases. But there is also a large amount of fresh material" (NMM). Vols. 1 and 2 are devoted to the Americas, vol. 3 to Asia and Africa, vol. 4 to Europe and vol. 5 to France. In vol. 3 maps 123 and 124 are bound in twice (not counted above). - Some browning or staining in places, waterstaining resp. mildew spotting esp. to upper corners, more severe in vols. 4-5 (in these 2 vols. upper corners partly frayed or reinforced), only a few marginal tears or holes. In vol. 2 torn foldings of map 27 rep., beginning of vol. 3 with some wormholes to lower blank margin and map 47 cut close to border at left; in vol. 4 map 73 shaved at sides; and in vol. 5 map 109 misbound. Bound in contemporary marbled calf, gilt spine and all covers with the gold-embossed coat-of-arms of Louis XV; somewhat rubbed and worn, upper corners of vol. 2 chipped, head and tail of spines partly frayed or reinforced, small tear to lower joint of vol. 1 and upper joint of vol. 3 broken.

Phillips 3508 (ausführl.); Shirley M.BELL-5c (575 Ktn.); National Maritime Museum III, 211 (ausführl.); Sabin 4555; Polak 595. - Selten. Vollständiges Exemplar mit allen 7 bei Phillips gelisteten Zusatzkarten. Bd. 1 behandelt Nordamerika und die Karibik (Karten num. 1-102), Bd. 2 Südamerika (1-89 u. 39*, 61*), Bd. 3 Asien/Afrika (1-124 u. 3*, 92*, 95*), Bd. 4 Europa (1-128 u. 50*, 109*) und Bd. 5 Frankreich (1-132). Mit Weltkarte (dreimal wiederholt), See- und Küstenkarten, Hafenplänen etc. In Bd. 3 sind die Ktn. 123 u. 124 doppelt eingebunden (oben nicht mitgezählt). - Stellenw. etwas gebräunt od. fleckig, Ränder u. insbes. die Oberecken wasser- u. sporfl., stärker in den Bdn. 4-5 (in diesen beiden Bdn. Oberecken teils ausgefranst od. verstärkt), vereinzelt kl. Randläsuren. In Bd. 2 Kte. 27 die seitl. Faltstellen durchgerissen u. hinterlegt; zu Beginn von Bd. 3 Wurmspuren im w. Unterrand u. Kte. 47 links bis an die Einfassung beschnitten; Kte. 73 in Bd. 4 seitl. angeschnitten; in Bd. 5 Kte. 109 vor Kte. 107 eingebunden.

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