Le petit atlas maritime :. recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde /. par le S. Bellin.
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Category
Books
Date
1764
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3054856
Summary
Bibliographic description
5 v. :. maps, plans ;. 4to. Former accession no. 5492. With a printed prospectus entitled Petit atlas maritime ... A Paris, chez M. Bellin ... rue du Doyenné, à la premiere arcade de S. Louis du Louvre. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Royal arms, probably indicating this is a copy for official rather than personal possession of Louis XV. Baron Seillière (Bibliothèque de Mello) Sotheby's sale, 28 February 1887, sold to Pickering and Chatto, booksellers. Bought from them by Baron Ferdinand. 1897 Waddesdeon catalogue, p.5. Binding: contemporary French red morocco gilt, gilt edges, arms of Louis XV on both covers of each volume, fleur-de-lis stamped inside the border at each corner. Olive lettering-piece, edges gilt, gold and green headbands, green silk marker, marbled endleaves.
Makers and roles
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772