Live auction - Lot 602
[Atlas - Facsimile]
Le Grand atlas ou Cosmographie blaviane [The third centenary edition of Johan Blaeu].
Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, [1967-68]
€ 1.500 / 2.000
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Lot description
12 vol., folio (corners vol. 12 bumped).
Bound in richly gilt-decorated vellum like artificial leather.
Complete facsimile edition in 12 volumes of the 1663 Amsterdam edition dedicated to Louis XIV's minister Colbert. A sumptuous reprint limited to 1000 copies only, our copy being number 205.
Joined: Koeman, C. - Joan Blaeu and his Grand Atlas: introduction to the facsimile edition of Le grand atlas 1663. Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, [1970]. 114-12 pp. (some annotations in ink). Gilt stamped imit. leather.