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The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem of the Austrian National Library. [.]. Vols I - VI. Editorial committee: Günther Schilder, Bernard Aikema & Peter van der Krogt.
BLAEU,JOAN. Krogt,Peter van der, Erlend de Groot & Martijn Storms (compilers).
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t Goy-Houten, 1996-2008. 6 (of 8) vols. Text & ills. Uniform hardcovers. First six volumes (of eight) of the descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem, one of the largest and finest atlases ever assembled. The 46-volume atlas is an expanded version of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, published in Amsterdam…between 1660 and 1663. The atlas is composed by the Amsterdam lawyer and collector Laurens van der Hem (1621-1678). He added other maps, views, and drawings of his own choice, including four volumes of manuscript maps of Africa and Asia made for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). - - Vol. 1: Spain, Portugal and France. Descriptive catalogue of volumes 1-8 of the Atlas; Vol.2: Italy, Malta, Switzerland and the Low Countries. Descriptive catalogue of volumes 9-17 of the Atlas; Vol. 3: The British Isles, Northern and Eastern Europe. Descriptive catalogue of volumes 18-24 of the Atlas; Vol. 4: Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Greece, Constantinople, Smyrna and Bible maps. Descriptive catalogue of volumes 25-34 of the Atlas; Vol. 5: Africa, Asia and America, including the "secret" atlas of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Descriptive catalogue of volumes 35-46 of the Atlas; Vol. 6: The supplemental volumes (Ergänzungsbände). Descriptive catalogue of the four supplemental volumes to the Atlas. General indexes.