Atlas Geographicus portatilis - Antique map

Author: Lotter, Tobias Conrad

Publisher: Lobeck, Tobias

Published: Augsburg

Publishing year: 1750

Lotter, Tobias Conrad - Lobeck, Tobias. "Atlas Geographicus portatilis XXIX mappis orbis habitabilis regna exhibens". Augsburg: Lobeck, ca. 1750. Oblong 12mo. Engraved frontispiece and title, 35 old coloured copperplate maps, engraved 'Index mapparum Geographicarum', 72 pages ("Kurzgefasste Geographie in sich haltend ... Entwurf aller Theile des bewohnten Erdbodens, nebst ... Land-Charten, welche einen kleinen Sack-Atlas ausmachen"). Orig. full-leather binding from the time.

Includes, among others, a map of the World and maps of 4 continents. - To the original 29 maps listed in Index (signed 'Tobias Lobeck del. et exc. A .V. - Tob. Conr. Lotter fc. Aug. Vind') 6 more maps (Lower and Upper Silesia, Saxony, Lower and Upper Saxony, Westphalia; signed 'Tobais Lobeck Scupsit delinea et excudit Augusta Vinde') are bound in this copy. - Binding somewhat rubbed, the map of Swabia with a brown stain (see photo), otherwise well preserved.

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