[Atlas factice of 96 maps by Blaeu, Visscher, Jansson, Hondius and others]
Image Count:
1
Description:
Imperfect: torn and mutilated along fold, with some loss of text; edges reinforced with ms. waste. Sheet measures 41.5 x 51.3 cm. No. 74 of 92 maps bound together. and Numbered 80 [75, cancelled] on verso.
[Atlas factice of 96 maps by Blaeu, Visscher, Jansson, Hondius and others]
Image Count:
1
Description:
Imperfect: tear along fold, with some loss of text. Reinforced along lower edges with manuscript waste. Sheet measures 39.1 x 51.2 cm. No. 55 of 92 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Excudit Guiljelmus Blaeuw
Subject (Geographic):
Utrecht (Netherlands : Province) --Maps --Early works to 1800
Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Venus de' Medici. Aphrodite, looking right, stands naked in a pudica pose; a dolphin being ridden by a putto sits next to her left leg
Description:
Title etched within pedestal at bottom of image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Thomassin, S. Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, statues, et autres ornemens de Versailles. Amsterdam : P. Mortier, 1695., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "39" in upper right corner., Mounted on page 159 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Ilona and Judit Gófitz, 1701-1723, were conjoined twins born in Szöny, Hungary., Text below image in Dutch and Latin., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
[Atlas factice of 96 maps by Blaeu, Visscher, Jansson, Hondius and others]
Image Count:
1
Description:
Imperfect: cartouche cut out and replaced in ms. with title Wurtemberg Ducatus; edges reinforced with ms waste. Sheet measures 38.5 x 48.9 cm. No. 68 of 92 maps bound together. and Numbered 73 on verso.
Publisher:
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Subject (Geographic):
Wurttemberg-Baden (Germany) --Maps --Early works to 1800