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Cartografia - Visscher , Nicolaus

Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus, 1690

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€ 5.000 - 7.000

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€ 8.880

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Information

Amsterdam, Apud Nicolaum Visscher cum privil: ordin: general: Belgii Foederati. [1690]. In folio. Elegant allegorical title page engraved in copper, typographic title page, followed by 25 double-page plates engraved in copper, one of which is folded, at the end of the volume the "Index & ordo Tabulorum", each plate with cartouche, light browning and stains, one sheet folded with reinforcement, 17th century binding in marbled hardcover, damaged, defects. Count's Ex Libris glued to the front pastedown.

Specialist Notes

Atlas printed in Amsterdam c.1690 by Nicolaus Visscher,  1649-1702), member of a well-known family of cartographers and book merchants from Flanders, published several editions of the Atlas Minor. Our copy is accompanied by 17 geographical maps drawn and engraved by Gerard Lairesse.