Nieuwe geographische en historische atlas, van de zeven Vereengde [sic] Nederlandsche Provintien; bestaande inde vijftig nieuwe accurate kaarten, waar onder veele particuliere gemeeten heemraadschappen, plans van de voornaamste steden, met eene korte beschryving van de provintien, de steden en het merkwaardigste in dezelve [...].

Amsterdam, H. De Leth, [c. 1740]

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Lot description

8vo: engr. title-156-[3] pp.; 52 maps (bl. edge of title soiled, very few spots).

Contemp. half calf, marbled paper boards, titled spine with raised bands (boards rubbed, leather of spine loosening, corners sl. bumped).

Rare first edition of H. de Leth's atlas of the Dutch Republic. With an engr. title and 49 plans and maps (of which most partly hand-coloured), 2 distance tables and a flag plate. Incl. an advertisement for J. Rousset de Missy's "Nieuwe astronomische geographische en historische atlas" (Amsterdam, H. de Leth, [between 1740 and 1750]).
Ref. Koeman II Le H 2. - STCN.
Prov. Sinin (?) François vanden Berghe, "au bourg d'Oostacker" (old ms entry).
Joined: Histoire abregée des Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas [...] et celui de leurs compagnies en Orient & en Occident [...]. Amst., (D. Boulesteys de La Contie for) J. Malherbe, 1701. Folio; 5 pl. (text n.c., 1 pl. missing, some spotting). Contemp. quarter vellum (sl. soiled, corners bumped). Ill. with a large world map (with the Dutch trading posts) and 4 fold. pl. Ref. Landwehr, VOC, 1486. - Sabin 32006. (2 vol.)