Lot 382
J. Wyld, Geographia sacra, or scripture atlas. London 1823.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
382
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
James Wyld
Wyld, James: Geographia sacra. or Scripture Atlas. Comprising a complete set of maps adapted to eludicate the Events of Sacred History which point out the Situation of every place mentioned in The Old & New Testaments. London: G.&W.B. Whittaker 1823. 25,9 x 18 cm. With XXXI plates, in colour, of which 8 are accompanied by maps, plans and 1 table. Title page 1 leaf, 17 pages, 1 blank page. Red half-leather with gold-stamped title on the spine and spine decoration.
(The cover is scuffed and bumped. The spine is almost illegible due to missing sections of leather. Brown stains and discolouration.)
Worms & Baynton-Williams, pp. 739ff. – This is a reprint of the atlas, which was first published in 1812. James Wyld the Elder, who worked as a cartographer, lithographer and globe-maker, was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and later became a Royal Geographer.
(The cover is scuffed and bumped. The spine is almost illegible due to missing sections of leather. Brown stains and discolouration.)
Worms & Baynton-Williams, pp. 739ff. – This is a reprint of the atlas, which was first published in 1812. James Wyld the Elder, who worked as a cartographer, lithographer and globe-maker, was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and later became a Royal Geographer.