Compleete zak-atlas, van de zeventien Nederlandsche Provinciën begreepen in XXXI, zeer naauwkeurig en zindelyk in 't koper gebragte kaarten, op nieuw vervaardigd, naar de laatste verbeteringen van de heeren Fraex, Bachine, en andere voornaame aardryks-kundigen [...].

Amsterdam, Elwe & Langeveld, 1786

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8vo: engr. title-243-[1] pp., 29 maps, 2 pl., hand-coloured (some foxing in text, 1 tiny hole in 1 map).

Contemp. quarter calf, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, red sprinkled edges. Good copy.

Complete small-sized atlas of the Netherlands. With a description of the Netherlands and general notes on its geography. Illustrated with 31 folding engr. plates, all contemp. coloured by hand: double-page architectural title, 2 double-page tables at end e.g. "Nieuwe steedewyzer over de 17 Nederlandsche Provincien" and 29 folding double-page maps: 5 by A. van Krefelt (World map, Europe, Asia, Africa, America, all updated in accordance with the latest discoveries of Captain Cook), and 24 of individual provinces of the Dutch Republic and the Southern Netherlands.
ref. Koeman II, E & L 2, p. 107.