![BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON. 1571-1638, & JOAN BLAEU. 1596-1673. [Theatrum orbis terrarum sive Atlas novus.] [Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1645-50.]](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2013-01/08/8698923-4-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON. 1571-1638, & JOAN BLAEU. 1596-1673. [Theatrum orbis terrarum sive Atlas novus.] [Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1645-50.] Estimate: US$ 10,000 - 15,000 £6,600 - 9,900 €7,800 - 12,000")
BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON. 1571-1638, & JOHANNES BLAEU. 1596-1673.
[Theatrum orbis terrarum sive Atlas novus.] [Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1645-50.]
52 hand-colored engraved double-page maps, disbound, Latin text on verso with hand-colored woodcut initials, 600 x 515 mm (sheet size), decorative borders, cartouches, coats-of-arms, scales, compass roses, mileage charts, etc, stubs on verso, foxing to a few maps, a few marginal dampstains and repairs, overall clean and exceptionally bright.
A substantial collection of large, skillfully hand-colored maps from the 1645 edition of Blaeu's atlas, covering regions of modern day Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Holland, Italy, Austria, and Denmark.
See illustration preceding page.
52 hand-colored engraved double-page maps, disbound, Latin text on verso with hand-colored woodcut initials, 600 x 515 mm (sheet size), decorative borders, cartouches, coats-of-arms, scales, compass roses, mileage charts, etc, stubs on verso, foxing to a few maps, a few marginal dampstains and repairs, overall clean and exceptionally bright.
A substantial collection of large, skillfully hand-colored maps from the 1645 edition of Blaeu's atlas, covering regions of modern day Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Holland, Italy, Austria, and Denmark.
See illustration preceding page.
Estimate:
US$ 10,000 - 15,000
£6,600 - 9,900
€7,800 - 12,000
£6,600 - 9,900
€7,800 - 12,000
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