Lot 79
Blaeu, Willem - Blaeu, Jan - Atlas CONTAINS 49 MAPS OF SCOTLAND AND LACKS THE 6 MAPS OF IRELAND
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Geographiae Blaeuaniae... Amsterdam: Jan Blaeu, 1662. Volume VI, Book XII only [Scotland only], title-page with hand-coloured woodcut printer's device, finely hand-coloured part-title with some heightening in gold, 49 hand-coloured double-page maps mounted on guards, modern half calf gilt, library stamp of the University of Vienna to title-page, some darkening to several maps, general marginal browning to pages, occasional spotting, some small dampstains to upper margins, small rust hole to margin of 'Lothian', some closed tears to maps and text towards end of volume, mostly repaired, some dampstaining to spine and slightly to covers [Koeman 2:402Yh, Amsterdam variant whereby 'Fifae Pars Orientalis' appears with pp.83-83 as verso]
Footnote
Note: Book XII only, without book XIII (six maps of Ireland). Koeman calls for 55 maps including those of Ireland in book XIII, however all 49 Scottish maps are present in this copy.