Lot 265
Miége (Guy) A New Cosmography, or Survey of the Whole World, first edition, for Thomas Basset, 1682.
Estimate: £750 - 1,000
Description
Miége (Guy) A New Cosmography, or Survey of the Whole World, first edition, title within double-rule border, 2 engraved plates, title rather soiled, second and third ff. holed at fore-margin, some soiling or marginal damp-staining, a few early ink inscriptions, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary sheep, rebacked, wear to covers, later endpapers, [Wing M2015], small 8vo, for Thomas Basset, 1682.
⁂ Rare, ESTC lists 3 copies in the UK and 4 in the US. Miége (1644-?1718) was a Lausanne-born humanist writer who spent much of his career in England, serving under the Earl of Carlisle, ambassador to Russia, Sweden and Denmark.
Provenance: Isaac Routh (early ink inscription to title verso); armorial bookplate with motto "Hinc Spes Effulget"; The Royal Meteorological Society (deaccession label to pastedown dated 1973).
Description
Miége (Guy) A New Cosmography, or Survey of the Whole World, first edition, title within double-rule border, 2 engraved plates, title rather soiled, second and third ff. holed at fore-margin, some soiling or marginal damp-staining, a few early ink inscriptions, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary sheep, rebacked, wear to covers, later endpapers, [Wing M2015], small 8vo, for Thomas Basset, 1682.
⁂ Rare, ESTC lists 3 copies in the UK and 4 in the US. Miége (1644-?1718) was a Lausanne-born humanist writer who spent much of his career in England, serving under the Earl of Carlisle, ambassador to Russia, Sweden and Denmark.
Provenance: Isaac Routh (early ink inscription to title verso); armorial bookplate with motto "Hinc Spes Effulget"; The Royal Meteorological Society (deaccession label to pastedown dated 1973).
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