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TIRION, Isaak. Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand-Atlas. Amsterdam: [after 1769].
2° (425 x 290mm). Letterpress title and 2pp index. 108 hand-coloured engraved maps, 4 folding. (A few maps at the end with minor vertical creases.) Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with morooco lettering label (edges slightly rubbed).
A fine copy of Tirion's atlas of the world with the final 15 maps of America. This copy is complete with 108 maps ( maps 34 and 35 of the Schelde estuary have been joined on one folding map). The printing of Tirion's Hand-Atlas began in 1740 with an atlas of 34 maps; this enlarged edition with 109 maps was first issued around 1769 and was expanded to 116 maps by 1684. Koeman Tir III 4.
2° (425 x 290mm). Letterpress title and 2pp index. 108 hand-coloured engraved maps, 4 folding. (A few maps at the end with minor vertical creases.) Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with morooco lettering label (edges slightly rubbed).
A fine copy of Tirion's atlas of the world with the final 15 maps of America. This copy is complete with 108 maps ( maps 34 and 35 of the Schelde estuary have been joined on one folding map). The printing of Tirion's Hand-Atlas began in 1740 with an atlas of 34 maps; this enlarged edition with 109 maps was first issued around 1769 and was expanded to 116 maps by 1684. Koeman Tir III 4.