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BLAEU (JOANNES) Le Grand Atlas, ou cosmographie Blaviane, Neufviéme volume... L'Italie], [Amsterdam, 1663 or 1667] image 1
BLAEU (JOANNES) Le Grand Atlas, ou cosmographie Blaviane, Neufviéme volume... L'Italie], [Amsterdam, 1663 or 1667] image 2
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[BLAEU (JOANNES)
Le Grand Atlas, ou cosmographie Blaviane, Neufviéme volume... L'Italie], [Amsterdam, 1663 or 1667]

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[BLAEU (JOANNES)

Le Grand Atlas, ou cosmographie Blaviane, Neufviéme volume... L'Italie], engraved half-title with allegorical border and 60 engraved maps, COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, MOSTLY HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD, 59 of the maps double-page, Elba half-page, without printed title and overslip usually pasted in on half-title, occasional dampstaining and browning in margins, a few tears not affecting images, general map of Italy near detached, slight spotting to 'Capitanata', publisher's vellum over boards, panelled in gilt with central gilt arabesque and large floral cornerpieces, yapp edges, silk ties (frayed), g.e., some staining to covers [Koemann I, Bl 58 or 59; NMM Cat 72, Phillips 479 (1667 edition)], folio (555 x 350mm.), [Amsterdam, 1663 or 1667]

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A good tall copy of the first French text edition of the Italian volume of Blaeu's great atlas. In this copy the letterpress title slip with the imprint has not been pasted in on the half-title, and the printed title is missing. Although Koeman states that the 1663 and 1667 editions of this volume are identical, he also mentions there being text on the verso of the list of maps in the 1663 edition, whereas ours is blank; this may point to this being the 1667 edition.

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