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Extremely rare atlas with 76 very large hand-coloured maps

WIT, Frederick de. Atlas maior.
Amsterdam, Johannes Covens & Cornelis Mortier, [ca. 1725]. Imperial folio (53 x 35.5 cm). With engraved title-page and 76 double page (or in 8 cases larger folding) engraved maps, the title-page and all maps and their decorations coloured by a contemporary hand. Half tanned sheepskin (ca. 1900), gold-tooled spine. Full description
€ 85,000
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Atlases & Globes Charts & Maps Netherlands World Atlases & Maps
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First edition of Valk's work on astronomy and the use of celestial and terrestial globes

[ZUMBACH VON KOESFELD, Lothar] and Gerard VALK (engraver and publisher). 't Werkstellige der sterre-konst ...
Amsterdam, Gerard Valk, [late 17th or early 18th century (ca. 1701?)]. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, and 4 folding engraved plates. Further with a few tables in the text, some woodcut decorated initials, and a woodcut floral tailpiece. Contemporary stiff orange-brown sprinkled paper boards. [1], [1 blank], [2], 140 pp. Full description
€ 3,500
Astronomy & Cosmography Atlases & Globes Geography Science
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