Blaeu (Willem Janszoon & Johannes). Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus, pars quarta [England and Wales], Amsterdam: apud Johannem Blaeu, 1648, [6] 394 [1] pp., signatures *1 2*2 A-7B2 (7B2=list of maps), engraved architectonic title-page and 58 engraved maps (counted in pagination and register, all folding except for the Isle of Man; Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire both on the one sheet), all hand-coloured (title-page heightened with gold), 4 engraved vignettes in the text (also hand-coloured and depicting henges, burial chambers and mausolea), woodcut initials, tailpieces and other illustrations, mounted on guards throughout (evidence of skilful removal and reinsertion), a few worm-tracks to foot of stubs from front of volume to signature 3M (never affecting maps or text), a number of maps lightly browned along central fold, small shallow damp-stains to margins of first and last few leaves, a few other trivial marks (generally in very good condition with wide margins), all edges gilt, contemporary Dutch full vellum gilt, retaining 3 of 4 green linen ties, yapp edges, a few minor scuffs and marks, small section of loss to top edge of rear board, folio (51.6 x 30.8 cm) (Qty: 1) Koeman Bl 44 (volume 1 pp. 178-80); Skelton 42; cf. Chubb LIX-LXII (LXII is an uncoloured copy of the 1648 edition). Second edition in Latin of this 'very fine atlas of the English counties compiled, mainly from the maps of John Speed' (Chubb). A total of six volumes were published. The present volume, depicting England and Wales, first appeared in 1645, and was reissued in 1646. For this 1648 edition the text was reset and the maps of Cornwall, Sussex and Leicestershire have the cardinal compass points added in the border; otherwise 'the plates from which the maps were reprinted remained unaltered throughout all editions of this volume' (Skelton). There are three general maps ('Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula', 'Britannia' and 'Anglia Regnum') and maps of the Isle of Man, Holy Island and the Channel Islands in addition to those of counties.
Blaeu (Willem Janszoon & Johannes). Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus, pars quarta [England and Wales], Amsterdam: apud Johannem Blaeu, 1648, [6] 394 [1] pp., signatures *1 2*2 A-7B2 (7B2=list of maps), engraved architectonic title-page and 58 engraved maps (counted in pagination and register, all folding except for the Isle of Man; Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire both on the one sheet), all hand-coloured (title-page heightened with gold), 4 engraved vignettes in the text (also hand-coloured and depicting henges, burial chambers and mausolea), woodcut initials, tailpieces and other illustrations, mounted on guards throughout (evidence of skilful removal and reinsertion), a few worm-tracks to foot of stubs from front of volume to signature 3M (never affecting maps or text), a number of maps lightly browned along central fold, small shallow damp-stains to margins of first and last few leaves, a few other trivial marks (generally in very good condition with wide margins), all edges gilt, contemporary Dutch full vellum gilt, retaining 3 of 4 green linen ties, yapp edges, a few minor scuffs and marks, small section of loss to top edge of rear board, folio (51.6 x 30.8 cm) (Qty: 1) Koeman Bl 44 (volume 1 pp. 178-80); Skelton 42; cf. Chubb LIX-LXII (LXII is an uncoloured copy of the 1648 edition). Second edition in Latin of this 'very fine atlas of the English counties compiled, mainly from the maps of John Speed' (Chubb). A total of six volumes were published. The present volume, depicting England and Wales, first appeared in 1645, and was reissued in 1646. For this 1648 edition the text was reset and the maps of Cornwall, Sussex and Leicestershire have the cardinal compass points added in the border; otherwise 'the plates from which the maps were reprinted remained unaltered throughout all editions of this volume' (Skelton). There are three general maps ('Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula', 'Britannia' and 'Anglia Regnum') and maps of the Isle of Man, Holy Island and the Channel Islands in addition to those of counties.
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