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BLAEU (WILLEM AND JOHANNES)
[Theatrum orbis terrarum], Part 4 [England and Wales], Amsterdam, Johannes Blaeu, 1646

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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BLAEU (WILLEM AND JOHANNES)

[Theatrum orbis terrarum], Part 4 [England and Wales], German text, engraved allegorical title-page with title-panel left blank, 58 engraved maps (all but one double-page), 3 half-page engraved illustrations, all on later stubs, light arc of dampstaining to upper margin of some text leaves and lower blank margin of map of Channel Islands, contemporary blindstamped vellum, folio (510 x 330mm.), Amsterdam, Johannes Blaeu, 1646

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