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Hard cover, Folio (10 x 15 inches) in light blue paper-covered boards, titles printed to front board and spine in black, within a map-illustrated color pictorial dust jacket, navy end papers, the frontispiece being a facsimile of original title page from Volume One (of 11 volumes, originally) of the1665 issue: "Geographia quæ est Cosmographiæ Blavianæ pars prima, qva Orbis Terræ Tabvlis ante ocvlos ponitvr, et Descriptionibvs Illvustratvr. Amstelædami, Labore & Sumptibus Ioannis Blaev, MDCLXV." This constitutes an abridged facsimile of the original 11-volume 1665 copy held at Vienna's Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Notes and descriptive material are provided by parallel text in English, German and French. Color illustrated, with the originals highlighted with gold, the pictorial frontispiece, select maps and details are throughout are accompanied by a Map Index and Bibliography. Text descriptions include details of contemporary political, economic, and historic knowledge. 511 pp. A handy reference to the extent of the known world of the mid-17th century, as well as an homage to the artistry of map production from the highly respected European printing center of Amsterdam. Dutch Cartographer JOAN BLAEU (1596-1673) came from a family of influential cartographers, makers of globes and atlases, who were associated with the Dutch East India Company. From the blurb: "The original Latin edition, completed in 1665, was the largest and most expensive book to be published during the 17th century. Its 594 maps appearing across 11 volumes spanned Arctica, Africa, Asia, Europe, and America. Ambitious in scale and artistry, it is included in the Canon of Dutch History, an official survey of 50 individuals, creations, or events that chart the most important historical developments of the Netherlands." A related digital resource can be seen at the National Library of Scotland. CONDITION: Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket (with very minor crimping at head of spine edge). ISBN 9783836538039. Note: this oversized item (8 lbs.) will ship to US addresses only, and would require extra postage if sent priority; please contact us for a quote.
Ref: ADV 9832
$85.00