Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden Met hare Beschrijvingen, uytgegeven by Joan Bleau
Edition: First Thus
Lausanne: Sequoia / Elsevier: 1966. Facsimile atlas in slipcase. Deluxe edition. Light brown leather with gilt decoration on spine, title and name of author in gilt lettering on black and red title labels on spine Gilt coat of arms stamped decoration on front cover. Beautiful coloured illustrated title page with several crests. Printed on Van gelder paper. 32 colour plates of maps (span across two pages each). In mustard coloured cloth slipcase with gilt stamped crest on front, worn at corners and edges. very good A beautiful facsimile edition of Joan Blaeu's 'Dutch City Maps' from 1649. Includes beautiful two-page spreads of maps by the famous Dutch cartographer and the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu.
Condition: Slight wear / chipping to the spine labels. The slipcase is in excellent condition, with a little bumping only. The book itself is in beautiful condition.