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Spectacular composite atlas including Allardt’s rare and wonderful chart of “Oost Indien”
Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineata.
Amsterdam,
N. Visscher,
[c.1695].
Folio (520 by 340mm), decorative engraved title by Gerard de Lairesse, two manuscript index leaves, ornate engraved frontispiece to "Duytslant", and 172 double-page engraved maps with FINE ORIGINAL HAND-COLOUR HEIGHTENED IN GOLD, each map with small decorative stencil number slip pasted to verso, "Cathedral-style" nineteenth-century calf by "J. H. Peters, Amsterdam", richly decorated in gilt and blind, spine in compartments, lettered in gilt.
1055
notes:
A magnificent composite atlas with wonderful original rich colour heavily embellished in oil and gold.
Of note is the inclusion of Mortier's impressive chart of the Mediterranean, with its beautifully rendered floral garlands and the 38 vignettes of Mediterranean cities.
In addition to these, and the maps by Visscher are 27 by F. De Wit, 26 of J. Blaeu, 7 by J. Janssonius, three by C. Allard, two by H. Jaillot, and one each by G. Valck, G. Mercator, J....
Of note is the inclusion of Mortier's impressive chart of the Mediterranean, with its beautifully rendered floral garlands and the 38 vignettes of Mediterranean cities.
In addition to these, and the maps by Visscher are 27 by F. De Wit, 26 of J. Blaeu, 7 by J. Janssonius, three by C. Allard, two by H. Jaillot, and one each by G. Valck, G. Mercator, J....
bibliography:
cf. Koeman III, 166 ff., vis 12 – 19; Phillips 506 – 509; cf. Schilder, Australia Unveiled, p.202 (pl.XLIV); Koeman IV, p. 387; Tooley, Mapping of Australia, 792.
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