cloth, author and title stamped on spine, title stamped on front board
1971 · Amsterdam
by Koeman, C.
Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971. cloth, author and title stamped on spine, title stamped on front board. 4to. cloth, author and title stamped on spine, title stamped on front board. variously paginated. Bibliography of terrestrial, maratime and celestial atlases and pilot books, published in the Netherlands up to 1880. (Toomey 83). Complete five volume set, includes van der AA- Blaeu. Preface by H. de la Fontaine Verwey, introduction by the author, acknowledgements, and list of atlases. 24 black and white plates showing frontispieces. Entries include biographical information about publisher, printed catalogues, atlases published with detailed description of maps included in each atlas. Descriptions in language in which atlas was published. Additions and Corrections loosely inserted into volume 1. Boards lightly soiled and faded. Hinges cracked in volume II and volume IV. A well preserved set. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.
(Inventory #: 135888)