Live auction - Lot 526
[Atlas - Italy]
Nouveau theatre du Piemont et de la Savoye, ou Description exacte de leur villes, palais, églises [...] qui contient la description géographique du Piemont, l'histoire de la maison de Savoye, & la description de la ville de Turin [...].
The Hague, R.C. Alberts, 1725
€ 12.000 / 15.000
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Lot description
4 parts in 2 vol, folio: [6 incl. engr. title]-96-[38], [104 incl. engr. title], [88 incl. engr. title], [122 incl. engr. title] pp.; 3 (of 6) pl., 136 maps (3 portraits missing: Charles Emanuel II, Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoy and Eugene, prince de Savoye; part of text ff. cut out in vol. 1 (ff. B, C, E, F and G in part 1 and ff. F, H, M, S, T, 2E, 2G2, 2H in part 2), sm. marg. tear partly affecting map of Riva).
Contemp. sheep, blind-stamped boards, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, gilt sides (joints partly split, heads and tail of vol. 1 missing, boards sl. rubbed, corners bumped). Large paper copy.
R. Chr. Alberts's French atlas of the States of the duke of Savoy, in 4 parts. Alberts complemented his new town atlas of Italy with the Northern Italian states of Piedmont and Savoy. With 4 engr. titles (3rd st. with imprint R. Chr. Alberts), coat of arms by J. Luyken, a genealogical table, 1 portrait (Victor-Amédée II), and 136 maps and plates, incl. large bird's-eye views of Turin, Thonon, Aosta, Biella, Mondovi and Andorno.
Ref. Van der Krogt IV-1: 43:332.