Nuevo Atlas de los reynos de Escocia e Yrlanda.

Large folio: [12 incl. engr. title]-232, 82-[1] pp.; 55 maps almost all pasted on, which is characteristic for the edition (added strip of paper with text on p. 18/Ireland, the maps are generally in good condition, the text lvs on the other hand are occ. heavily browned).

Contemp. vellum, gilt-decorated covers and spine, red edges (spine repaired, flylvs renewed, red edges newly tinted). Large paper copy.

Rare second Spanish edition (1st Sp. ed. 1659) of Blaeu's Atlas of Scotland with the Spanish text completely reset and the new text sheets laid over already printed ones, making the maps in this atlas feel doubly thick. In fact, the fire that ruined Blaeu's printing house in 1672, destroyed all copperplates of the maps from Scotland and Ireland. The remaining sheets were available only in limited quantities and so stock from other editions was used to make new complete atlases. This edition has on the imprint the date 1654, when Blaeu obtained the privileges to publish, then started working continuously but slowly. It also includes the dedication to Gaspar de Bracamonte, dated 18 July 1658. The fact that most maps are pasted on implies that the atlas was produced after 1672. The maps of Scotland were engraved after Timothy Pont's manuscript survey maps and augmented with information by Robert Gordon.
Ref. Van der Krogt II [2:442Q].