Atlas novus sive Tabulae geographicae totius orbis [...].

Augsbourg, s.n., [c. 1740?]

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Folio: [6 incl. engr. title] pp.; 51 engr. maps, hand-coloured (edges and versos sl. soiled, sm. damp stain in lower edges, occ. spotting).

Contemp. limp calf, blind-stamped title on front board, flat spine (sl. rubbed, lower corner of front cover missing).

Hand-coloured copy of this world atlas with a richely engraved allegorical title, a double hemisphere celestial map, double-hemisphere world map, maps of the continents (map of America showing California as an island) and 43 regional maps. Enriched with the maps of "Flandria maximus [...]" and "[...] comitatus Hanoviae [...]" (not mentioned in index).
Ref. Phillips 593. - Tooley IV:150
Prov. Alphonse de Brabandere (ms. entry).