° Fer, Nicholas de - Petit et Nouveau Atlas, 1st edition, o...

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° Fer, Nicholas de - Petit et Nouveau Atlas, 1st edition, oblong qto, original calf, title with armillary sphere and 19 double page mapsheets, all hand-coloured in outline, including North America, with California shown as an island, (Isle de Californie) dated 1693, engraved by Charles Inselin, Paris, 1697

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Boards scuffed and scratched, corners bumped, spine with some loss, tears along a few map joints, 4cm. square loss to lower left of ??Asie?? leaf, a few ink splatters to map of ??Pologne??, tear to left margin of text on France, contemporary ink inscription smudged to foot of title, list of maps in ink in a contemporary hand to first front fly leaf.