[BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars Quarta (England and Wales). Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1648.] Volume IV only, 2° (510 x 332mm). Latin text, mounted on guards throughout. 5 (of 11) hand-coloured engraved illustrations including one of Stonehenge, 1 single-page and 10 double-page hand-coloured engraved county maps only (of 58). (Imperfect, lacking engraved title and three-quarters of the maps, spotting and browning.) Contemporary vellum, panelled in gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, soiling and bowing, lacking ties). Van der Krogt 2:301.
[BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars Quarta (England and Wales). Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1648.] Volume IV only, 2° (510 x 332mm). Latin text, mounted on guards throughout. 5 (of 11) hand-coloured engraved illustrations including one of Stonehenge, 1 single-page and 10 double-page hand-coloured engraved county maps only (of 58). (Imperfect, lacking engraved title and three-quarters of the maps, spotting and browning.) Contemporary vellum, panelled in gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, soiling and bowing, lacking ties). Van der Krogt 2:301.

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[BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive atlas novus. Pars Quarta (England and Wales). Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1648.] Volume IV only, 2° (510 x 332mm). Latin text, mounted on guards throughout. 5 (of 11) hand-coloured engraved illustrations including one of Stonehenge, 1 single-page and 10 double-page hand-coloured engraved county maps only (of 58). (Imperfect, lacking engraved title and three-quarters of the maps, spotting and browning.) Contemporary vellum, panelled in gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, soiling and bowing, lacking ties). Van der Krogt 2:301.

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