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GIOVANNI BOLDINI | DEUX PROMENEUSES
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GIOVANNI BOLDINIFerrara 1842 - 1931 ParisDEUX PROMENEUSESBlack chalk;bears numbering in pencil, lower right: 7400 by 263 mm; 15¾ by 10⅜ in
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Old Master Drawings
From Jan. 29, 2020 to Jan. 29, 2020 in New York
JAILLOT AND SANSON | Atlas Nouveau. Contenant toutes les parties du Monde, 1692-1693, 2 volumes
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JAILLOT, CHARLES HUBERT--NICOLAS SANSON D'ABBEVILLEATLASNOUVEAU.CONTENANT TOUTES LES PARTIES DU MONDE. PARIS: HUBERT JAILLOT,1692-932 volumes, elephant folio (635 x 497mm.), hand-coloured engraved architectural title, andengraved table of maps with large vignettes (the list of maps pasted on) in each volume, letterpress title in volume one,103 engravedmapshand-coloured in outline (some double-page or folding),21 engraved tables,79 engraved "Table Alpabetique" (accompanying maps, not listed in the index), contemporary mottled calf, gilt vignetteof Atlas to covers of each volume,gilt border, browning and some scattered repairs or loss, rebacked and refurbished, slightlyrubbed, collation available upon requestInitially, Jaillot worked in partnership with the sons, and heirs, of Nicolas Sanson to produce a world atlas - Atlas Nouveau -in elephant folio format, in paper size the largest atlas published to date, and completed in 1681.Le Plan de la Ville de Paris is dated 1694.
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Books and Manuscripts: A Summer Miscellany
From July 28, 2020 to Aug. 4, 2020 in London
