921 - 1098 FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
- Vol.1 owners' entries on title. Both vols. spine-ends and corners worn; vol.1 frontcover partly sunned.
= "Édition du Centenaire". Espenhorst 2.2.2.
- First instalment wr. spine torn; portfolio . Maps in fine condition.
= The international edition of the 10th ed. of Stieler's Hand-Atlas. As published without the maps 1, 4, 15, 25-26, 37-40, 50-51, 57-63, 68-70, 73-77, 83, 85, 87 and 99. Espenhorst (German ed.) p.94 and (Engl. ed.) 2.2 and 2.2.2 (specifically on the French ed.): "Only five copies of the tenth edition through 1936 were found."
- Lacks 1 map; all maps and Bericht booklet loose; title leaf and first 3 maps frayed/ dam.; (sl.) waterstained in lower/ inner margin throughout; Bericht first 3 lvs. creased/ frayed. Covers loose/ dam.; backstrip lacking. Sold w.a.f.
= Espenhorst (German) p.73-74 and (Engl.) 2.1.1.1.3.
ADDED: JUSTUS PERTHES 1785-1935 HAUPTKATALOG (ibid., 1935, (col.) lithogr. plates, ills., orig. wr.).
- Spine-ends dam.; joints and corners sl. rubbed/ worn.
= Espenhorst (German) p.83-86, H 9.10 ("Prachtausgabe") and (Engl.) 2.1.1.1.9.c ("seldom found").
Debes, E. Neuer Handatlas über alle Teile der Erde in 65 Haupt- und 131 Nebenkarten. Leipsic, H. Wagner & E. Debes, 1914, 4th rev. and enl. ed., 2nd printing, 134 (index)p., num. double-p. col. lithogr. maps w. accomp. index. lvs., orig. giltlettered hcl., folio.
- Upper joint splitting; spine-ends sl. worn. Contents fine.
= Espenhorst (German) p.293 and (Engl.) p.655: "(...) in 1905, a third edition appeared, followed by a fourth edition in 1913 which was reprinted in 1914. The versions from 1896, 1897 and 1914 are very rare.".
- One map w. ballpoint annots.; title waterstained; occas. yellowed/ foxed. Bookblock/ frontcover loose.
= Convolute of maps from 5th-7th ed., incl. "Karte der Alpen aus G. Mayr's Atlas der Alpenländer" (8 lvs., 1876) and "Specialkarte von Australien in 9 Blättern" (1875).
- Title, contents leaf and first 4 maps loose; title leaf stained and creased; waterstained in lower/ inner (blank) margin throughout. Covers loose; backstrip missing.
= Espenhorst (German) p.76-77 (maps dated 1870).
- Hinges weak; a few maps sl. yellowed.
= With 8 extra maps (Petermanns Mittelmeer No. 1-8) and 8 ("Vorbemerkungen") pages bound in front. Espenhorst (German) H 7.1 and (Engl.) 2.1.1.1.7: "(...) surprisingly rare.".
- Upper joint splitting; top of spine dam. Contents fine.
= Espenhorst (German) H 8.4 and (Engl.) 2.1.1.1.8.
- Upper joint split; backstrip loose. Contents fine.
= Espenhorst (German) p.86, H 9.6 and (Engl.) 2.1.1.1.9.
Idem. Stielers Hand-Atlas. Hundertjahr-Ausgabe. Ed. H. Haack. Ibid., idem, 1926/ 1927, 10th ed., 2 vols., atlas vol.: (10)p., 108 double-p. col. lithogr. maps; index vol.: (4),315,(1)p., orig. unif. gilt hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece, dec. endpapers, folio.
- Two maps fold strengthened in lower margin w. sellotape (browned); both vols. title w. owner's entry; occas. (sl.) foxed. Atlas covers (sl.) stained; both vols. binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities.
= Espenhorst (German) p.90-91, H 10.3 and (Engl.) 2.1.1.1.10.
- Stamp on title-p.; occas. trifle foxed. Binding w. some rubbed spots.
- No copy of the 1888 edition traced. Corners worn; worn spot on spine; gilt on covers faded.
= Nice atlas with decorative and detailed maps of the French départements, French colonies, each map surrounded by small views, portraits of famous men, coats-of-arms etc. Cf. Phillips 3008 (ed. 1890).
- Hinges weak. Lacks backstrip; corners sl. worn. = Espenhorst (Engl.) 20.3.3.
AND 6 others, i.a. ATLAS HIERARCHICUS (Paderborn, 1929, col. double-p. lithogr. maps, orig. (sl. duststained) cl., sm. folio); OESTERGAARD'S HAND-ATLAS (Berlin, ±1910, col. lithogr. maps, embossed pict. cl., sm. 4to. Backstrip dam.).
- All copies w. various defects, but maps generally in good condition. Not collated.
= Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, 3rd rev. and enl. ed. (1893); 5th rev. and enl. ed. ("Jubiläumsausgabe", 1906) and 2 copies of the 8th rev. and enl. ed. (3rd printing, 1924 and 5th printing, 1930).
AND 2 copies of NAMENVERZEICHNIS ZU ANDREES HANDATLAS (1928, 8th rev. ed., orig. gilt cl.).
- Two vols. bookblock loose(ning); 1 vol. hinges broken. One vol. lower joint split. Two vols. backstrip (sl.) worn/ dam.
= Geschichts-Atlas (2x); Taschen-Atlas (der ganzen Welt) (5x); See-Atlas; Atlas-antiquus (3x, incl. 1 duplicate). Espenhorst 2.6.
AND 7 other pocket atlases, incl. 1 duplicate, i.a. Atlante Geografico Universale (Milan, 1897) and Peips Taschen-Atlas (Stuttg./ Leipsic, 1904).
= All in good/ fine condition, i.a. H. KIEPERT, Atlas antiquus (1884); ALB. VAN KAMPEN, Orbis terrarum antiquus (1888); K. VON SPRUNER, Historisch-geographischer Schul-Atlas (1890); F.W. PUTZGER, Historischer Schul-Atlas (6x, 1899-1931); W. SIEGLIN, Schulatlas zur Geschichte des Altertums (3x, 1910-1935) and C. DIERCKE, Schulatlas (1942).
= I.a. Priors Lomme-Atlas over Danmark (1903); Henze's Taschen-Atlas des Deutschen Reiches (±1910); Planet Welt-Tasches-Atlas (±1920); Wereld Atlas voor huis en kantoor (1922); K. ZEEMAN (ed.), Zakatlas der Geheele Aarde (1928) and Meyers Volks-Atlas (1932).
- Six vols. owner's entry/ stamp/ bookplate on title/ first free endpaper; 7 vols. bookblock/ quires loose(ning). One vol. lacks backstrip; 1 vol. frontcover dam.
= Staatsbürger-Atlas (1896); Geschichts-Atlas (2x, 1898-1918); Taschen-Atlas vom Deutschen Reich (2x, 1934-1938); See-Atlas (5x, 1894-1944); Atlas-antiquus (6x, 1895-±1943, incl. 2 duplicates); Taschen-Atlas der ganzen Welt (7x, 1926-1953) and Taschen-Atlas (10x, 1887-1921, incl. 1 duplicate). Espenhorst 2.6.
AND 3 other pocket atlases.
- New endpapers; sl. foxed; a few children's scribblings in pencil. Cl. on joints worn. = Rare.
- Spine rebacked w. paper tape; wr. sl. soiled/ foxed. Otherwise fine.
= Nice history of bullfighting, i.a. listing the bulls and their victims and giving a survey of the technique of bullfighting.