28th Jan, 2020 10:00

Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 21
 
Lot 21 - Geography.- Iceland [Løvenørns (Poul)]...

Geography.- Iceland [Løvenørns (Poul)] Beskrivelse over den Iislandske Kyst og alle Havne fra Fugle-Skiærene og til Stikkelsholm i Brede-Bugten med Forklaring over deres Indseiling, additional engraved title within ornamental border, 10 engraved maps and plates (5 folding), 4 engraved vignettes, plate list bound at end, woodcut ornaments, contemporary marbled wrappers, featuring early shelfmark on upper cover, spine worn with some loss, F. W. Thiele, Copenhagen, 1788; with Zurla (Placido) Di Marco Polo e degli altri viaggiatori veneziani più illustri..., con appendice sulle antiche mappe idro-geografiche lavorate in Venezia, vol. 1, of 2 only, large folding engraved world map, edges browned, wormtrail at gutter of first 10 leaves, some spotting, publisher's printed wrappers, water stained and creased, laid down, spine restored [Cordier Sinica 1992; Lowendahl 812], 1818; and Sulle antiche mappe idro-geografiche lavorate in Venezia. Commentario, 3 folding engraved maps, unopened, contemporary blue wrappers, soiled, [IT\ICCU\TO0E\111386], Giuseppe Picotti, Venice, 1818, 4to (3) *** The first work contains a scarce description of the Icelandic coast. The 10 plates are lettered B, C, D, E, F, G, K, M, N and O, and a note on the plate list mentions that 4 of the 14 maps were too large to bind in and would follow separately. These additional maps are extremely scarce, and the present copy collates as do most others. The second work is a variant issue to the one recorded by Lowendahl and Cordier, with different pagination and without volume 2, but with the rare appendix containing 3 folding maps ('Abbozzo del mappamondo Di F: Mauro Camaldolese'; 'Carta da navegar de Nicolo et Antonio Zeni'; 'Abbozzo della mappa dei viaggi di Marco Polo'). The second map, depicting the North Atlantic, first appeared in Venice in 1558 with the account of Nicolò and Antonio Zeno’s discovery of America in 1380 by M. Caterino Zeno ('Dello scoprimento dell’ isole Frislanda, Eslanda, Engrouelanda, Estotilanda e Icaria fatto sotto il Polo artico da’ due fratelli Zeni, M. Nicolo il K. e M. Antonio, Francsco Marcolini', Venice, 1558).

Sold for £400

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Do you have an item similar to the item above? If so please click the link below to submit a free online valuation request through our website.

 

Images*

Drag and drop .jpg images here to upload, or click here to select images.