Search Results: the english atlas by pitt moses

[London:], 1681.. 27 x 40.5cm. Single leaf.. Engraved title page to volume two, trimmed just outside borders. Minor tape remnants on left border. Mounted on larger plain leaf. Suitable for framing. Fine engraved title page to volume 2, with German Emperor and his courtiers, surmounted by German double-headed eagle, and coat of arms.

London, 1681. Copper engraved title-page, 40.5 x 26.5 cms, black and white as issued, blank verso. Four volumes only of Pitt’s projected eleven volume world atlas were published 1680-83, all dealing with northern Europe. Pitt worked in partnership with Janssonius’ heir Joannes van Waesbergen, and this title-page for the German volume is a reworking of one engraved for Janssonius forty years earlier. The Holy Roman Emperor is now Leopold I, the faces of the other Electors have also been updated, and a there is a considerable amount of additional background detail. Shirley, Courtiers and Cannibals, 48A. Map

[Oxford:]: [for J, Jansonius a Waesberge, Moses Pitt and Steven Swart,], [1680].. From the first edition.. 46 x 29.5cm.. Stunning, large allegorical title page by J. van Munnikhuysen after Zacharias Webbers. Trimmed at borders. Few minor edge tears, repaired, top one just barely touching cherub, no true affect to the illustration, overall it is a beautiful piece from a very rare and important. Most suitable for framing. Mounted on larger plain leaf. Based on the concept of Atlas Major by Joan Blaeu, PittÕs atlas was to be made of twelve volumes, but only four were completed when Pitt was imprisoned for debt. The title page illustrates mythical figures Neptune at the left of a large globe, and Cybele, Mother Godess of Earth at the right, with lion at her feet, in the background Atlas is shown holding a celestial globe on his shoulders, a seated muse is in front representing history. Wing P2306. NMM 410.

London: Printed at the Theater, for Moses Pitt , 1680. Letterpress with 2 engravings: Portrait of the king and inhabited initial, both handcolored. 57.5 x 33.5cm.

Z. Tehinka. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Z. Tehinka, 1943. Reprint of 1680 edition. Volume 1. Folio. 28pp. Maps. Fair book. Bottom 6" of both boards dampstained. (Poland, maps, history, travel) Inquire if you need further information.

Z. Tehinka. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Z. Tehinka, 1943. Reprint of 1680 edition. Volume 1. Folio. 28pp. Maps. Fair book. Spine cover missing. Board covers considerably chipped, though without text loss. Front board detached. Preface through p. 26 detached. (Poland, maps, history, travel) Inquire if you need further information.