Lot 2101: SANSON D'ABBEVILLE, NICHOLAS. 1600-1667.

L'Amerique en plusieurs cartes nouvelles, et exactes, &c.; Paris: chez l'auteur, 1662.
4to (238 x 173 mm). [82] pp. 15 double-page engraved maps hand-colored in outline. Period mottled calf, raised bands, spines gilt. Chip to corner of one text leaf, a few others toned, maps clean, early reback with corners renewed, chipping to spines.
Provenance: Richard (early ownership inscription to title).

Second edition. A fine example of French mapping of the Americas in the mid 17th century. Includes maps of Florida; Guadalajara, New Mexico and California (the latter depicted as an island); Canada; the Antilles; Brazil; Mexico; Chile; and others. Phillilps 1152; Sabin 76709.