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BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) & Jan BLAEU (1596-1673). Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, mis en lumiere par Guillaume & Iean Blaeu. Second Partie. Amsterdam, 1647.
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BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) & Jan BLAEU (1596-1673). Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, mis en lumiere par Guillaume & Iean Blaeu. Second Partie. Amsterdam, 1647.
2 parts in one, 2o (512 x 345 mm). Text in French. Two engraved titles and 93 engraved maps (92 double-page, one folding) ALL COLORED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. (Marginal dampstaining throughout, some maps with loss to blank outer margin, some with worming, some with repairs, "Second Partie" erased from title page, two text leaves torn.) Contemporary Dutch vellum gilt (repairs to edges and upper cover, endpapers).
Blaeu's atlas includes regional maps of France and Spain, but also maps of the Americas, Virginia, Florida, Bermuda, Asia, India, Japan and many others. Koeman Bl18D.
2 parts in one, 2
Blaeu's atlas includes regional maps of France and Spain, but also maps of the Americas, Virginia, Florida, Bermuda, Asia, India, Japan and many others. Koeman Bl18D.