The Wardington Library: Important Atlases & Geographies. Part One: A-K - Part Two: L-Z. [2 vols, complete set]
by Sotheby's
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
London: Sotheby's, 2005 2 volumes, 4to (27.5 cm), 344 pp; 368 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). These auction catalogues document sales held in London on 18 October 2005 and 10 October 2006. The library assembled by Lord Wardington was acclaimed as one of the finest cartographic collections of its time. The catalogues comprise 562 entries, featuring notable items such as Ptolemy's "Cosmographia," Bologna, 1477; the Doria Atlas, Venice: Ferrando Bertelli, circa 1570; Ptolemy's "Cosmographia," Ulm, 1486; and Strabo's "Geographia," Rome, 1469.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008079
- Title
- The Wardington Library: Important Atlases & Geographies. Part One: A-K - Part Two: L-Z. [2 vols, complete set]
- Author
- Sotheby's
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sotheby's
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cartography; Bibliography; Auction catalogues;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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