Description: A collection of original maps engraved and compiled by Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861), the famous Polish historian, geographer, bibliographer, polyglot and politician. The atlas was published in 1828 in Warsaw, Poland. It contains 29 maps, outlined in original color. The maps include Biblical lands, Arabia and Palestine, Persia, Alexander's Empire, Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, Rome and Athens, Gaul and Spain, Asia Minor, and others. It covers the entire known world, as well as the world according to Homer, Herodotus, Aristotle, Strabo, Ptolemy and others. Soft covers. Extremely rare. The title of the atlas is:

Atlas Do Historyi i Geografii Starozytney / Podlug Planu / Joachima Lelewela / C...

Size: Folio, measuring app. 9.5" x 14.75" (24.13 cm. x 37.45 cm.)

Condition: Slight spotting on the back of some maps. A few stains. Covers very fragile. Otherwise in very good condition.