BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN. Tooneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas... Derde Deel. Amsterdam 1642. Folio, 492 x 327mm. (19 3/8 x 12 7/8 in.), on guards, original gilt-blocked vellum, lacking ties, rubbed, lower cover wrinkled, soiled, small repair to title overslip, minor creasing to title and about 20 maps, 5 maps more severely creased, a few mostly marginal small tears, repairs or fold breaks, 20 maps with very small abraded spots at gutters, two maps (Bologna and Perugino) glued shut at gutters, repair to text leaf Q1 affecting a side-note, a few edges frayed, a few marginal wormholes, occasional slight discoloration, mostly marginal or at gutters, scattered marginal dampstaining or soiling. FIRST EDITION IN DUTCH of part 3 of the Theatrum orbis terrarum, engraved architectural and emblematic title with pasted-down letterpress overslip, 66 engraved maps: 62 maps of Italy and Greece (one bird's-eye view) consisting of 58 mapsheets, one half-sheet, and 3 half-page maps, and 4 supplementary mapsheets of Great Britain, many with figurative or armorial cartouches, TITLE AND MAPS FULLY COLORED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, THE TITLE HEIGHTENED IN GOLD. Koeman I, Bl 38B.

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BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN. Tooneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas... Derde Deel. Amsterdam 1642. Folio, 492 x 327mm. (19 3/8 x 12 7/8 in.), on guards, original gilt-blocked vellum, lacking ties, rubbed, lower cover wrinkled, soiled, small repair to title overslip, minor creasing to title and about 20 maps, 5 maps more severely creased, a few mostly marginal small tears, repairs or fold breaks, 20 maps with very small abraded spots at gutters, two maps (Bologna and Perugino) glued shut at gutters, repair to text leaf Q1 affecting a side-note, a few edges frayed, a few marginal wormholes, occasional slight discoloration, mostly marginal or at gutters, scattered marginal dampstaining or soiling. FIRST EDITION IN DUTCH of part 3 of the Theatrum orbis terrarum, engraved architectural and emblematic title with pasted-down letterpress overslip, 66 engraved maps: 62 maps of Italy and Greece (one bird's-eye view) consisting of 58 mapsheets, one half-sheet, and 3 half-page maps, and 4 supplementary mapsheets of Great Britain, many with figurative or armorial cartouches, TITLE AND MAPS FULLY COLORED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, THE TITLE HEIGHTENED IN GOLD. Koeman I, Bl 38B.