Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Atlas, or, A geographicke description of the regions, countries and kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America, represented by new and exact maps , anno 1636[-1638]
- Title(s):
- Atlas, or, A geographicke description of the regions, countries and kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America, represented by new and exact maps / translated by Henry Hexham, quarter-maister to the regiment of Colonell Goring.
- Additional Title(s):
At head of title volume 1 : Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii
At head of title volume 2 : Gerardi Mercatoris
Atlas. English- Edition:
- Editio ultima.
- Published/Created:
- Printed at Amsterdam : By Henry Hondius and Iohn Iohnson, anno 1636[-1638]
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations, maps (some folded), portraits ; 49 cm (folio)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2023 51Yale 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/3412507
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- Notes:
- BEIN 1975 Folio 20: Imperfect: in v.1. map "The universel world" (sig. L²) and leaf Hh2 wanting; in v.2, map "Virginia" (sig. 9.Q2) wanting; imprint in v.2 is not covered and reads: Sumptibus & typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, Amsterodami, 1638.
Relief shown pictorially.
Edition statement from volume 2 title page.
Letterpress English title slips are pasted over the original engraved French title (in both volumes). In volume 1, an English imprint is pasted over the French; in volume 2, the imprint (in Latin) is not pasted over: "Sumptibus & typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, Amsterodami, 1638."
Maps are by various cartographers including Henry Hondius, Lhuyd, Pont, Massa, Henneberg, Jansson, Laurenberg, Lubin, Palbitzke, Mellinger, Emmius, Gigas, Comenius, Berckenrode, Surhon, Wicheringe, Hardy, Fayen, Gerard, Fer, Secco, Labafia, Sprecher von Berneck.
The foliated sections consist of double-page maps (folded at the inner margin) with text on back, foliated on the text pages (first recto and second verso of each sheet).
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 449
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Me41A
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Me41B
English short title catalogue, S122287
BAC Folio A 2023 51: Imperfect: Lacks half-title, v. 1. Retains the original French imprint in volume 1, without a slip bearing the English imprint. Bound in 18th-century brown calf. Bookplates, v. 1 and 2: Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart.; Ex Libris José M. Rodriguez, MCMXXXVIII, Bibliotheca Chizigonana. Bookplate, v. 2: - Subject Terms:
- Fisher, Otto Orren -- Bookplate.Geography -- Early works to 1800.Rodriguez, José M. -- Bookplate.Sebright, John Saunders, Sir, 1767-1846 -- Bookplate.
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
World atlases. - Export:
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