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Lot 25: DE BRY, THEODOR.

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 04, 2010

Item Overview

Description

DE BRY, THEODOR. [SMALL VOYAGES]. FRANKFURT, [1597]-1601 Parts 1-5 (of 13) in German bound in one volume, first edition, folio (290 x 183mm.), an incomplete copy containing 4 engraved titles, 4 maps, 2 plates and 133 half-page illustrations, early twentieth-century half morocco, [Church 226, 228, 230, 232, 234], lacking one title, 5 maps, 17 (or 19) illustrations and 7 text leaves, some leaves defective (especially in part 1), 2 folding illustrations with loss of outer portion, some repairs, soiling, ink markings and underlinings, occasional cropping; sold as viewed, not subject to return (a more detailed description of each part is available upon request)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

The Property of Ampleforth Abbey Trust (see also lots 53-56).

Auction Details

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

by
Sotheby's
November 04, 2010, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK