Atlas van Zeeland; vervattende naauwkeurige kaarten van alle de eilanden [...]. Benevens grondtekeningen en gezigten der steden, afbeeldingen der voornaamste openbaare gebouwen [...]. Alsmede portraiten van eenige der vermaardste staatsmannen en zeehelden.

Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1760

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Folio: [4] ff.; 100 pl. (some maps sl. age-toned, very few spots).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, speckled edges (covers and flyleaves renewed, corners untidily restored). Large paper copy.

Important chorographic work on Zeeland consisting of 6 double-page maps, surveyed by the Hattinga's between 1744-1752 (and also found in Tirion's "Hand Atlas"), 6 city plans, 19 portraits, incl. a large dedicatory portrait of Jan van Borssele by P. Tanjé after J. Fournier, and 114 views on 69 pl. depicting cities, villages and monuments, after C. Pronk.
Ref. Koeman Tir8.
Prov. Isaac Meulman (1807-1868) (engr. bookpl.).