Lot 517
(C.) Malte-Brun, Abrégé de géographie universelle. Paris 1840.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
517
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Conrad Malte-Brun
Malte-Brun, Conrad: Abrégé de Géographie universelle ou voyage descriptif dans toutes les parties du monde. Precede d'une introduction Historique et Suivi d'un apercu de la Geographie Ancienne par MM. Larenaudière, Balbi et Huot. Nouvelle Èdition. Paris: Furne et Cie 1840. 26,1 x 16,3 cm. Contains 12 maps, 11 of which are in colour, and 25 steel-engraved views. XVI pp., 1043 pp. Red half-leather with marbled endpapers. Gold-stamped spine decoration and title. Marbled edges.
(The cover is scuffed and bumped. There are minor areas of wear in the leather. The endpapers are slightly yellowed.)
Originally published as part of the magnum opus of the Danish-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun (whose real name was Malthe Conrad Bruun, 1775–1826).
(The cover is scuffed and bumped. There are minor areas of wear in the leather. The endpapers are slightly yellowed.)
Originally published as part of the magnum opus of the Danish-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun (whose real name was Malthe Conrad Bruun, 1775–1826).