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Mr. IRWIN SCHERZER
BLAEU, WILLEM and JOAN. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus [Volume I, parts 1 and 2. Northern Europe]. Amsterdam 1644-1645.
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BLAEU, WILLEM and JOAN. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus [Volume I, parts 1 and 2. Northern Europe]. Amsterdam 1644-1645.
2 parts in one vol., large folio, 506 x 334mm. (19 7/8 x 13 1/8in.) on guards, original Dutch publisher's vellum panelled in gilt with central ornate lozenge and matching corner ornaments, g.e., spine damaged, covers rubbed, corners bruised, first title cut round and mounted and slightly cropped at bottom edge, some slight staining from handling, a few creases and dust stains, blank corner lost from Clivia Ducatus (Koeman 55).
Latin text, 2 engraved titles, the second with 2 printed paste-down overslips, 120 engraved map sheets (84 in part 1, 36 in part 2), five of them folding, the map of Zutphania half-page, the rest double-page, ALL COLORED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, 3 colored (and 2 uncolored) woodcuts of spheres and one colored engraving of compass points in the introduction at front.
Koeman I Bl 23A.
2 parts in one vol., large folio, 506 x 334mm. (19 7/8 x 13 1/8in.) on guards, original Dutch publisher's vellum panelled in gilt with central ornate lozenge and matching corner ornaments, g.e., spine damaged, covers rubbed, corners bruised, first title cut round and mounted and slightly cropped at bottom edge, some slight staining from handling, a few creases and dust stains, blank corner lost from Clivia Ducatus (Koeman 55).
Latin text, 2 engraved titles, the second with 2 printed paste-down overslips, 120 engraved map sheets (84 in part 1, 36 in part 2), five of them folding, the map of Zutphania half-page, the rest double-page, ALL COLORED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, 3 colored (and 2 uncolored) woodcuts of spheres and one colored engraving of compass points in the introduction at front.
Koeman I Bl 23A.