Blaeu's The grand atlas of the 17th century world / introduction, captions, and selection of maps by John Goss ; foreword by Peter Clark Hardcover - 1990

London : Studio, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 1 atlas (224 pages) : color maps ; 37 cm. Notes; ""The original maps ... first appeared in Dr. Joan Blaeu's 'Atlas major, ' published in Amsterdam in 1662""--Title page verso. ""Published in cooperation with the Royal Geographical Society, London."" Includes bibliographical references (page 224). Introduction and commentary in English, maps in Latin. Subjects; Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673). Atlas maior. Atlases Early works to 1800 ; Facsimiles. Civilization, Modern 17th century ; Maps. Early maps ; Facsimiles. Cartography History. History of cartography ; [Literature]. Atlases. Cartography. Civilization, Modern. Early maps. Atlases Netherlands ; Early works to 1800 ; Facsimiles. Classical geography ; Maps. Geography, Ancient ; Maps. Historical geography ; Maps. Geography, Medieval ; Maps. Atlases, Dutch. History of cartography. ; [Literature] 1990. Atlases Netherlands. Atlases Netherlands ; Early works to 1800. World maps To 1800. Atlases ; Early works to 1800. World - ; Atlases 1662 (1997). Maps. Atlases. World. Atlases 17th century. Maps 17th century. World Facsimiles 1662 Atlases. Scales differ. Genres; cartographic image. Early works. Facsimiles. History. Maps.