Atlas Maior Anglia, Scotia and Hibernia 1665 by Johan Blaeu (And Peter van der Krogt)

Title: Atlas Maior Anglia, Scotia & Hibernia 1665 by Johan Blaeu (And Peter van der Krogt).
Cartographer: Johan Blaeu.
Introduction and Text By: Peter van der Krogt.
Published by: Taschen GmbH 2006.
Text published in English, French and German.
Height of Each Volume: 39cm.
Width of Each Volume: 26cm.
Thickness of Each Volume: 2.5cm.
Directed and Produced By: Benedikt Taschen.
Format: 2 x Hardcover Volumes with Dust Covers in Box Case, 416 Pages.
With Index of maps.
Info: Maps of England, Ireland, and Scotland from Joan Blaeu's exquisite world atlas of 1665 The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Joan Blaeu's exceptional Atlas Maior, completed in 1665. The original eleven-volume Latin edition, containing 594 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Joanes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. Covering Arctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, Blaeu's Atlas Maior was a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history's finest examples of map making. This reprint, including all 58 maps of England and 55 maps of Scotland and Ireland, is made from the National Library of Vienna's colored, gold-heightened copy, thus assuring the best possible detail and quality. Alongside original quotes from Joan Blaeu relating to the individual maps, the new text by Peter van der Krogt explains the historical and cultural associations and introduces the reader into the fascinating world of early modern cartography. The text is in English, French and German. The author: Peter van der Krogt, the leading expert in the field of Dutch atlases, is a collaborator on the Explokart Research Program for the History of Cartography at the University of Utrecht's Faculty of Geosciences. Since 1990 he has been working on Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, the carto-bibliography of atlases published in the Netherlands. His second project is the compilation, in co-operation with the Nijmegen University, of an illustrated and annotated catalogue of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, the most important multi-volume atlas preserved in the Austrian National Library, which was added to Unesco's "Memory of the World" register in 2004.
Condition: The individual Atlases are in excellent unused mint condition, with Dust Covers. The Box Case has had repair work on a join.
Price: R 1295.00 Inc Vat