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Cellarius, Christoph (1638-1707) Notitia Orbis Antiqui, sive Geographia Plenior. Cambridge: Owen, 1703. Two quarto volumes, all maps and plates with contemporary hand-coloring throughout, including the frontispiece in volume one, the engraved vignettes on both typographical titles, vignettes, and woodcut initials; illustrated with thirty-three double-page engraved maps (also hand-colored),bound in full contemporary Dutch parchment over stiff boards, stamped in blind, front hinge of volume one splitting slightly, 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (2)
Estimate $300-500
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