Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae , [1649]
- Title(s):
- Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae / ad praesentis temporis faciem expressum a Ioanne Blaeu, Amstelaedamensi.
- Additional Title(s):
- Novvm ac magnvm theatrvm vrbivm Belgicae Regiae
- Published/Created:
- [Amsterdam] : [Joan Blaeu], [1649]
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas ([470] pages) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 54 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2023 41Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12451721
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- Notes:
- Relief shown pictorially.
Includes 94 sheets bearing maps (Koeman calls for 95), most folded at the inner margin. Some sheets bear multiple maps.
The title page is engraved, with title printed on a letterpress slip pasted to the sheet.
French text "Privilege": "Ces deux Volumes du Pays-bas ont esté achevé le 27 Septembre, 1649." Dutch text "Privilegie" dated by Cornelis Musch, 1648. For additional information about the preliminaries, see Koeman.
Pages have signatures but not page numbers.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 67
Includes "Index urbium et munimentorum Belgicae Regalis hoc volumine comprehensorum."
BAC Folio A 2023 41: Plate titles are more complete than those listed in Koeman, with dedications and descriptions like those in the Koeman Bl 63. Bound in contemporary vellum. Plates are not colored. Armorial bookplate: Edward Pedder Junr. 1800. - Subject Terms:
- Cities and towns -- Netherlands.Netherlands -- Defences -- Maps.Netherlands -- Description and travel.Netherlands -- History.Pedder, Edward, -1818 -- Bookplate.
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
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