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LOT 204
SOLD €1500,00

[Tirion] Beknopte Atlas, van omtrent honderd Plattegronden der voornaamste Vestingen,

Kasteelen en Steden van Europa en byzonder van de Nederlanden en Eenige Kolonien. Te Amsterdam, Leiden, Dord en Harlingen, by de Compagnie van Boekverkopers. [ca. 1760]

8vo, half leather, title, index 71 leaves (18 folding, the others on full page), some signed by Tirion and dated 1742-56. Lacks 12 leaves. Although the atlas focusses on the Netherlands, there are also maps of the rest of Europe and America, such as Danzig, St. Petersburg, Paris and Geneva. The overseas maps are Carthage, lima, Bahia, the All Saints' Bay in Brazil with small map of San Salvador, Cayenne, Surinam & Paramaribo, Guiana & Curacao and New Orleans with two maps of the Mississippi-delta (based on Jefferys 1759, and one of the few 18th century city plans).

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