Wit, Frederik de, 1629 or 1630-1706, Atlas, [not before 1688]
- Title(s):
- Atlas.
- Published/Created:
- Tot Amsterdam : Bij Frederick de Wit in de Calverstraet bij den Dam inde Witte Paskaert, [not before 1688]
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas ([1] leaf, [117] leaves of plates) : 58 maps ; 54 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2023 64Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12455273
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- Notes:
- Some maps are signed by J. L'huilier.
Relief shown pictorially.
The title page is engraved, featuring an allegorical image of Atlas.
Date of publication from Koeman.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, 6
The single leaf of letterpress is a printed table of contents, in two columns: maps 1-31 are listed under the heading Orbis terrestris ofte land-atlas; maps 32-58 are listed under the heading Orbis maritimus ofte zee-atlas.
BAC Folio A 2023 64: Maps are hand-colored. Bound in half-roan and marbled boards. Has bound with it, at end: Plan de Mayence de ses nouvelles fortifications, et de ses environs = Platte grond van de stadt Mentz, met deszelfs nieuwe werken en omleggende landen (t'Amsterdam: by Covens en Mortier, [ca. 1740]). - Subject Terms:
- Coasts.Geography -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
World atlases.
Nautical charts.
Engravings.
Hand-coloring. - Export:
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