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.
Bookseller's labels: Landbergs; G. Hedberg ... Stockholm. Bookplate of Alarik Waghtmeister. Manuscript annotations on front paste-down endpaper of cover; title on cover "Johan Monssons Karta öfver Östersjön.", Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., Depths shown by soundings., Includes dedication from "Johan Mansson.", North oriented towards the bottom., Title devised by cataloger., and Watermark.