LÓPEZ DE VARGAS MASHUCA, Tomás (1730-1802)
Atlas Elemental, Moderno, coleccion de mapas, para ensear los nios geografa. Madrid: n.p., 1792. 8vo (204 x 162 mm). Engraved title, 24pp. text, 27 engraved maps, all but 2 hand-colored, comprising: 2 celestial, one world map, 12 maps of Europe, 3 maps of Asia, 3 maps of Africa, 4 maps of America, and maps of ancient Israel and the Mediterranean. (Some minor offsetting, a few maps with short tears with old repairs on verso.) Modern half vellum. FIRST EDITION of this scarce Spanish atlas by Lpez, Geographer to the King of Spain. VERY RARE: according to online records, only 3 copies of this atlas have appeared on the market in the last 40 years. Phillips Atlases 677.
Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
