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WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon (1533-1606). Speculum nauticum super navigatione maris occidentalis confectum, continens omnes oras maritimas Galliae, Hispaniae & praecipuarum partium Angliae, in diversis mappis maritimis comprehensum ... elaboratum per Lucam Iohannis Aurigarium.Antwerp: Jean Bellère, 1591 [part II: Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1591]
2 parts in one vol., 2° (407 x 282mm). Fine engraved title to each part, with letterpress supplied on printed overslips, 3 full-page charts of planets and stars, including 'Organum Uranicum' with volvelle and pointer, 47 DOUBLE-PAGE ENGRAVED CHARTS, all on guards, (wormhole in fold of plate 21, minor staining of plate 29, slight discoloration in fold of two or three plates; part of one letter on title overslip of first part cut away probably when published). Old paper boards covered with a 15th century vellum manuscript
Third Latin edition of the 'Spieghel der Zeevaert' or 'Mariners Mirrour', the most important printed portolan atlas of the 16th century. The work was first published in Dutch 1584-85 and was soon translated into Latin, French and German. An English edition was published in 1588. The maps were engraved by Johannes Doetinck and with only minor alterations the same plates were used in all editions. In 1589 Cornelis Claesz took over publication and the copper plates, many of which he re-worked. Jean Bellère was responsible for the letterpress. Most of the maps in the first part are dated 1583, those in the second part are undated, the legends are mostly in Dutch and Latin. The charts are numbered 1-46, but with an extra plate *19.
Koeman IV Wag 9B for first part, with privilege on verso of title, Wag 9B for second part. The portolan chart of Europe is in the first state 1A, most of the other charts in state d. Generally a fine copy of a rare nautical atlas
2 parts in one vol., 2° (407 x 282mm). Fine engraved title to each part, with letterpress supplied on printed overslips, 3 full-page charts of planets and stars, including 'Organum Uranicum' with volvelle and pointer, 47 DOUBLE-PAGE ENGRAVED CHARTS, all on guards, (wormhole in fold of plate 21, minor staining of plate 29, slight discoloration in fold of two or three plates; part of one letter on title overslip of first part cut away probably when published). Old paper boards covered with a 15th century vellum manuscript
Third Latin edition of the 'Spieghel der Zeevaert' or 'Mariners Mirrour', the most important printed portolan atlas of the 16th century. The work was first published in Dutch 1584-85 and was soon translated into Latin, French and German. An English edition was published in 1588. The maps were engraved by Johannes Doetinck and with only minor alterations the same plates were used in all editions. In 1589 Cornelis Claesz took over publication and the copper plates, many of which he re-worked. Jean Bellère was responsible for the letterpress. Most of the maps in the first part are dated 1583, those in the second part are undated, the legends are mostly in Dutch and Latin. The charts are numbered 1-46, but with an extra plate *19.
Koeman IV Wag 9B for first part, with privilege on verso of title, Wag 9B for second part. The portolan chart of Europe is in the first state 1A, most of the other charts in state d. Generally a fine copy of a rare nautical atlas