BLAEU, Willem and Joannes BLAEU. Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas ... quatriesme partie... [England and Wales]. Amsterdam: Johannem Blaeu 1646.

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BLAEU, Willem and Joannes BLAEU. Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas ... quatriesme partie... [England and Wales]. Amsterdam: Johannem Blaeu 1646.

Volume IV, England (of 6) only, 2o (510 x 330 mm). Text in French. Engraved title with letterpress title overslip. 56 (of 58) engraved maps (lacking Britannia prout divisa and Anglia Regnum) of the counties of England and Wales, 55 double-page, engraved illustrations and 3 engraved views in text. TITLE, VIEWS AND MAPS ALL FINELY COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, and mounted on guards. (Some light dampstaining, mostly marginal.) Contemporary Dutch vellum, edges gilt (some wear to edges and light staining to covers). Provenance: Mr. de Chauavdon (bookplate); Alfred de Montgomery (ownership inscription).

A finely colored copy of volume four of the French edition of the Theatrum orbis terrarum covering England and Wales. Koeman I, Bl 42B.

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