Amstelodami : Apud haeredes Ioannis Blaeu, MDCXXXII [1682]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations (engravings), coats of arms, genealogical table, maps, plans, portraits ; 58 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With 69 illustrations in volume 1 and 71 illustrations in volume 2, including pictorial city plans, architectural drawings, maps, and portraits. Some have been engraved by Joan Blaeu, others have been signed by C. Decker, A. Blooteling, I. Luyken, R. Nantevit, J. de Broen, I. de Ram. The added title pages are engraved by A. Blooteling and G. Valck, respectively, after G. Lairesse.
Contents:
Contents (from title pages): Pars prima, exhibens Pedemontium et in eo Augustam Taurinorum & locis viciniora -- Pars altera, illustrans Sabaudiam et caeteras ditionis Cis & Transalpinas.
Subject Terms:
Piedmont (Italy) -- Description and travel. | Savoy (France and Italy) -- Description and travel. | Sardinia (Italy) -- Description and travel. | Turin (Italy) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Cities and towns -- Italy -- Pictorial works. | Pedder, Edward, -1818 -- Bookplate.
Contributors:
Blooteling, Abraham, 1640–1690, engraver. | Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711, illustrator. | Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726, engraver. | Typographia Blaviani, publisher.