[Atlas factice of 32 maps and 1 distance table, produced by the Homann Erben firm]
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Belgium Catholicum seu decem provinciae Germaniae inferioris and Carte des Pais Bas catholiques ou des X provinces de l’Allegmagne inferieure, etc. dessinee au juste selon les exactes observations astronomiques et operations geometriques des Messur. Cassini, Snellius, Muschenbrok, etc. dressee par Sr. Tobias Maier, mathematicien; aux depens des Heritiers de Homann
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium --Maps --Early works to 1800 and Luxembourg --Maps --Early works to 1800
Appears in Blaeu's Atlas major, Fre, Hand col. Sheet measures 54 x 63 cm. Lanman Collection., Russian, Latin and French., Title text in cyrillic; transliteration in Koeman., and Verso: Title "Moskow, ville metropolitaine de Moscovie"; pg. no. 20,b; signature F 2.
America accurate in imperia, regna, status, et populos divisa, ad usum Ludovici XV. Galliarum Regis
Description:
In French, with additional title in Latin., Includes "Avertissement"., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 51.5 x 63 cm. Numbered "108" in ink ms. Franklin Collection.
Publisher:
Chez Covéns & Mortier & Covéns Junior,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Condet, Johannes, 1711-1781, engraver, and Covens et Mortier et Covens, junior
America accurate in imperia, regna, status, et populos divisa, ad usum Ludovici XV. Galliarum Regis
Description:
In French, with additional title in Latin., Includes "Avertissement"., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 58.5 x 69 cm. Stamp on verso: "Yale Horace Brown 1900S".
Publisher:
Chez Covéns & Mortier & Covéns Junior,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Condet, Johannes, 1711-1781, engraver, and Covens et Mortier et Covens, junior
Cross Collection no. 347., From Blaeu's Le theatre du monde ... Amsterdami : Apud Guiljelmum et Iohannem Blaeu, 1635., Hand col., In French on verso, with caption title "Chili" and signature 7M., and Oriented with north to the left.
Publisher:
Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit,
Subject (Geographic):
Chile--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French and Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French
Also contained are the Latin and French poems "Explicit iste liber," "Epistola super huius," "Quam cinxere," "Traitie," "Carmen de variis in amore passionibus," and "Carmen super multiplici viciorum pestilencia.", Manuscript on parchment in Anglicana (Scribes 1 and 2) and Secretary script (Scribe 3). The text is the third recension of the Confessio Amantis, written in 1392-1393.The manuscript was produced around 1400 or the beginning of the fifteenth century in the same manner as the other surviving manuscripts from this time, presumably under the author's supervision., and The text of the manuscript is the third recension of the Confessio Amantis, written in 1392-93. Also contained are the Latin and French poems "Explicit iste liber," "Epistola super huius," "Quam cinxere," "Traitie," "Carmen de variis in amore passionibus," and "Carmen super multiplici viciorum pestilencia.
Description:
Binding: yellow morocco on wooden boards, by Douglas Cockerell and Son, 1962., Ex libris Sir George Meyrick. Gift of James M. Osborn, 1961., First and third quires wanting., Imperfect: stained by mildew throughout; rubbing; multiple repairs with some loss of text., Rubrications at running titles, initials, Latin commentary., Sir George Meyrick, Bart., who sold the manuscript after his father's death in 1960, said that the manuscript had been in his family's possession for over 100 years and that in 1775 the house was almost destroyed by fire. Many family papers were lost and perhaps it was then that the manuscript became damp and mildewed., and There are red and blue 1-3 line initials at small and large paragraph breaks. Books II (f. 13r), V (76r), VI (125r), VII (140r), and VIII (175v) contain initials with full page demi-vignette borders in gold, red, blue, green, orange, and brown.
Subject (Name):
Gower, John,--1325?-1408 and Meyrick, George,--Sir--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--14th century, English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500, French poetry--14th century, Latin poetry--14th century, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Jovrnal ou Description dv merveillevx voyage de Gvillavme Schovten, hollandois natif de Hoorn
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1
Description:
Bound in facing p. 24., Imperfect: map has a defect just left of center in the form of a narrow vertical wrinkle that occurred at the time of printing, resulting in a line where no ink was deposited on the page, which also caused a small amount of loss of text., Map has several small brown and yellow marks on both the recto and verso., Map has small drop of black ink just left of the word "Latitudinis"., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
Horn, Cape (Chile), Le Maire Strait (Argentina), New Guinea --Maps --Early works to 1800, Oceania --Maps --Early works to 1800, and Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon, d. 1625
Collection Created:
A Amstredam : Chez Harman Ianson, marchand libraire, demeurant en la VVarmoes-straet, a le Sereine, 1619