Atlas Maior (1665) / Introducción y textos de Peter van der Krogt; A partir de la copia conservada en la Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Viena; Con una selección de textos originales de Joan Blaeu; Dirigido y producido por Benedikt Taschen

BLAEU, Joan [Johannes] y Peter van der Krogt

ISBN 10: 3822841552 / ISBN 13: 9783822841556

Published by Taschen, 2005

About this Item

Köln (pero imp. en Italia): Taschen, cop. 2005.- 593 p.: Profusión de ilustraciones, mapas y láminas a todo color, varios plegados; Folio Imperial (45 x 31 cm); Fina impresión sobre grueso papel couché; Edición trilingüe en español, italiano y portugués; Encuadernación en Cartoné Ed. con camisa.- CONTIENE: Prefacio de Joan Blaeu de 1665; Introducción a la Geografía de Joan Blaeu; Et Atlas Maior de Joan Blaeu, introducción de Peter van der Krogt; Catálogo de mapas, con una se textos originales de Joan Blaeu; Apéndice. Libro en español GEOGRAFÍA, GUÍAS Y ATLAS DEL EXTRANJERO.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Atlas Maior (1665) / Introducción y textos de Peter van der Krogt; A partir de la copia conservada en la Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Viena; Con una selección de textos originales de Joan Blaeu; Dirigido y producido por Benedikt Taschen
• Publisher: Taschen
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3822841552
• ISBN 13: 9783822841556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good / Bien
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • GEOGRAFÍA, GUÍAS Y ATLAS DEL EXTRANJERO

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Synopsis

The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Johann Blaeu's exceptional Atlas Major, completed in 1662. The original 11-volume Latin edition, containing 593 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Johannes 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 Major was a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history's finest examples of mapmaking. This reprint is made from the National Library of Vienna's complete, colored, gold-heightened copy, thus assuring the best possible detail and quality. The book's introduction, by the University of Utrecht's Peter van der Krogt, discusses the historical and cultural context and significance of the atlas; Krogt also provides detailed descriptions of the maps, allowing modern readers to fully appreciate Blaeu's masterwork.

About the Author

Peter van der Krogt, the leading expert on Dutch atlases, is researcher of the Explokart Research Program for the History of Cartography of the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Utrecht. Since 1990 he has been working on the carto-bibliography of atlases published in the Netherlands, Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, and the compilation, in co-operation with Erlend de Groot, of an illustrated and annotated catalogue of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, the most important collector's atlas.