Speculum geographicum totivs Germaniae repraesentans. and Speculum orbis terrarum
Description:
Foliation: 2 unnumbered bifolia, XXVII bifolia, 1 bifolium, XXXVIII bifolia, 1 unnumbered bifolium., Imperfect: wormed, with no loss of text; holes in map "Universi orbis seu terreni globi ..." Misbound: gatherings x-y bound after gathering z. No. 148 in H. C. Taylor coll., Imprint from colophon., Ninety maps on 65 sheets; text on verso of maps., Part 2 has title: Speculum geographicum totius Germaniae Imperium repraesentans., Signatures: pi² 2pi² a-c² [superscript chi]c² d-s² v-z² [superscript chi]Z² 2a-2c² [2d]², [superscript chi]A² A-2P² [2Q]² (2Q2 blank; signatures [superscript chi]A and A are signed 'A2')., and With dedication on verso of title page, dated 1578.
Publisher:
de Catelyne Vesten, ad intersigne Floreni aurati, in aedibus Gerardi de Iode, typis Gerardi Smits,
All volumes bound to match 1973 Folio 72. Factitious collection of about 549 maps taken from the atlases of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th cent., put together with the title "Atlas" and bound in 6 volumes. These volumes originally bore the imprint: Amstelaedamii apvd Reiniervm & Josvam Ottens. Over these words on the title-pages of v. 1-2, 4-6 is the name of Henrik de Leth who painted them. Volume 3 has only the erased imprint of Ottens., For fuller description see Phillips 3448 and C. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, bibliography of terrestrial, maritime and celestial atlases and pilot books, published in the Netherlands up to 1800, Amsterdam c1967-71, v. 2, p. 63-83., and Maps by P. Schenck and son, G. Valck, F. de Wit, N. Visscher and others.
Publisher:
chez J. Covens & C. Mortier,
Subject (Geographic):
Denmark --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Reiner et Josua Ottens (Firm), Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719., and Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 1652-1726.