Anglia, England, Angleterre, England. / introduction and texts by/introduction et textes de/Einführung und Texte von Peter van der Krogt & Atlas Maior of 1665: Vol. 2; Scotia & Hibernia, Scotland and Ireland. / introduction and texts by Peter van der Krogt ; based on the copy in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien ; with a selection of original texts by Joan Blaeu ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen [2 volumes in 1 slip case]

Blaeu, Joan

ISBN 10: 3822851043 / ISBN 13: 9783822851043

Published by TASCHEN, 2006

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Fine cloth copies in equally fine dust-wrappers and slipcase. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 volumes, illus., slip case. Notes; Scales differ. Relief shown pictorially. Facsimile. "All 113 maps of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the original commentaries from Joan Blaeu's Atlas maior of 1665" -- T.p. Includes index. Issued in slipcase with vol. 2. Scotia & Hibernia. Text in English, French and German; translated from the Dutch. Contents; v. 1. Anglia = England -- v. 2. Scotia & Hibernia = Scotland and Ireland. Subjects; England - Maps - Early works to 1800. Maps. Atlases - Netherlands - Early works to 1800 - Facsimiles. Ireland - Maps - Early works to 1800. Scotland - Maps - Early works to 1800. Atlases - Early works to 1800. Scotland - Maps - Early works to 1800 - Facsimiles. Ireland - Maps - Early works to 1800 - Facsimiles. Historical maps. Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. Atlas maior. England - Maps - Early works to 1800 - Facsimiles. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anglia, England, Angleterre, England. / introduction and texts by/introduction et textes de/Einführung und Texte von Peter van der Krogt & Atlas Maior of 1665: Vol. 2; Scotia & Hibernia, Scotland and Ireland. / introduction and texts by Peter van der Krogt ; based on the copy in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien ; with a selection of original texts by Joan Blaeu ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen [2 volumes in 1 slip case]
• Publisher: TASCHEN
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3822851043
• ISBN 13: 9783822851043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

<div>Maps of England, Ireland, and Scotland from Joan Blaeu's exquisite world atlas of 1665 The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Joan Blaeu's exceptional Atlas Maior, completed in 1665. The original eleven-volume Latin edition, containing 594 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Joanes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. Covering Arctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, Blaeu's Atlas Maior was a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history's finest examples of mapmaking. This reprint, including all 58 maps of England and 55 maps of Scotland and Ireland, is made from the National Library of Vienna's colored, gold-heightened copy, thus assuring the best possible detail and quality. Alongside original quotes from Joan Blaeu relating to the individual maps, the new text by Peter van der Krogt explains the historical and cultural associations and introduces the reader into the fascinating world of early modern cartography. The text is in English, French and German. The author: Peter van der Krogt, the leading expert in the field of Dutch atlases, is a collaborator on the Explokart Research Program for the History of Cartography at the University of Utrecht's Faculty of Geosciences. Since 1990 he has been working on Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, the carto-bibliography of atlases published in the Netherlands. His second project is the compilation, in co-operation with the Nijmegen University, of an illustrated and annotated catalogue of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, the most important multi-volume atlas preserved in the Austrian National Library, which wasadded to Unesco's ?Memory of the World? register in 2004.</div>

About the Author

Joan Blaeu (1596 Alkmaar - 1673 Amsterdam) was the son of Willem Blaeu and a leading Dutch cartographer. In 1620 he became a doctor of law and subsequently joined his father's workshop. In 1635 they published the two-volume Novus Atlas (Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus). Joan and his brother Cornelius took over the workshop after their father had died in 1638. Joan became the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. Around 1649 he published a collection of Dutch city maps entitled Tooneel der Steeden (Theater of Cities). In 1651 he was voted into the Amsterdam council. In 1654 he published the first atlas of Scotland. In 1662 he reissued the atlas in 11 volumes, known as the Atlas Maior. A cosmology was planned as his next project, but a fire destroyed the workshop in 1672. Joan Blaeu died in the following year. Since 1990, Peter van der Krogt, the leading expert in the field of Dutch atlases, has been working on Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, the cartobibliography of atlases published in the Netherlands. His second project is the compilation, in cooperation with the Nijmegen University, of an illustrated and annotated catalogue of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, the most important multivolume atlas preserved in the Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna.