Pocket Atlas. LOTTER. Atlas Geographicus Portabilis XXXIX Mappis Orbis Habitabilis Regna.

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad - LOBECK, Tobias. Atlas geographicus portatilis, XXIX. mappis orbis habitabilis regna exhibens - Kurzgefasste Geographie, in sich haltend einen aneinander hangenden Entwurf aller Theile des bevvohnten Erdbodens. Augsburg [sic, i.e. Augsburg], Allda gedruckt bey Johann Michael Spaeth, [1662 ca]

Two parts in one oblong 8vo volume, 110 x 137 mm. Contemporary leather binding with blind tooling

Consists of: Engraved frontispiece, engraved title page, 43 copper-engraved maps with contemporary coloring, Index of the 29 Maps of the engraved Atlas, on the verso a handwritten list of the 14 additional maps, 72 pages, including the printed title page 'Kurzgefasste Geographie'. Maps with handwritten numbering I-XXI, 1-14, XXII-XXIX. Map inscriptions mostly in Latin, otherwise in German and French. On the verso of the frontispiece and on the engraved title page, a stamp of dismissal of an ancient monastic library. A total of 45 engraved plates on a double page. Slightly yellowed and with some light foxing in some areas.

Rare portable atlas, with contemporary coloring. This expanded edition, supplemented by 14 maps, includes a table of contents. The frontispiece and title page are engraved by Tobias Lobeck from drawings by Gottfried Eichler, and are of remarkable taste and elegance. The maps are engraved by Tobias Lotter from drawings by Tobias Lobeck. The atlas includes a double-hemispheric world map, a celestial planisphere, maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and various European countries and regions, many of which are adorned with cartouches. The map entitled "America" shows both North and South America, with the northern portion still incomplete, as this area was still largely unexplored. The map of Asia includes the northern coast of Australia. This example includes 14 maps of Germany, inserted after Map XXI. The map titled "America" shows both North and South America, with the northern portion somewhat unfinished, as this area was still largely unexplored. In the map of Asia, he compares the northern coast of Australia.

The destruction of Lima in 1746 is mentioned in the text, on page 71, as having occurred the previous year; this edition, however, was published later, as the printer Spaeth took over from the previous publisher J.M. Wagner, who purchased the prints in 1754 and died in 1758.

King: “L’atlante è stato venduto sia con che senza la geografia tascabile senza data di Lobeck… che è stata stampata prima da A. Brinhauser, poi da Johann Michael Wagner e infine da Johann Michael Spaeth”

Shirley T.LOT-1a (29 Karten), Pagliani, Atlante minore 43; Phillips 630. Cfr. Re, mappe in miniatura 1744 (in linea).