[Atlas] Brender à Brandis

Nieuwe natuur-geschied- en handelkundige zak- en reis-atlas. Amsterdam, Nicolaas Theodorus Gravius, c. 1789. 8vo in 4s. With 46 double-p. and larger folding maps (numbered 1-47) and 2 folding tables for cities. Lacks plate for maritime flags. Maps with contemporarily coloured outlines. Bound in half leather.

Rare pocket atlas mainly intended for merchants and soldiers. With among other things the unusually large number of 8 world maps and a map of the five continents. Owner's inscription from 1795 J.G.v.M., a soldier from the 98th (regiment?) stationed at Oost-Zaandam. Spine torn along joint, yet firm in binding, leather corner b.r. front board expertly restored.