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Blaeu’s three-volume atlas in very fine colour

Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus.
Amsterdam: Johannes & Cornelis Blaeu, 1644-9. Three vols, folio, contemporary Dutch gilt-embossed vellum, lacking some ties; five engraved titles, half title in vol. 1; 275 double-page maps, three in text, as called for, all in fine original hand colour.
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A very fine example of Blaeu's Theatrum atlas in three volumes. The first volume contains the world map on Mercator's Projection, the Arctic Circle and other countries of North Europe; the first part of the second volume contains France and the second part Asia, Africa and America; the third and final part contains Italy & Greece, with a supplement of four maps (British Isles, England & Wales, Scotland & Ireland), pre-dating the publication of Volume IV of the series, the British and English & Wales county atlas, in 1645.

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A good example.

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