Grote Atlas der Neederlanden - 10 volumes complete -
Beautiful facsimile in 10 volumes (9 volumes with maps and one descriptive volume). Published in by the āAfdeling Bijzondere Collectiesā of the āUniversiteit van Amsterdamā, together with Asia Maior/Atlas Maior for the occasion of the 200 year Kingdom of The Netherlands. The first copy was offered to King William Alexander. It is a facsimile edition of one of the top pieces from the collection of the āUniversiteit van Amsterdamā (university of Amsterdam).Only 125 numbered copies have been published. It is beautifully bound in half leather, has a large folio format and contains no less than 617, mostly hand coloured topographical maps, that together give an as good as possible complete picture of the Dutch landscape between and .The atlas contains (fold-out) maps from renowned cartographers as Frederik de Wit and Cornelis Danckaerts. This beautiful, formidable atlas cost about ā¬ at subscription in . The atlases are in absolute new condition and are packaged in the accompanying boxes.For cartography enthusiasts these atlases probably represent the apex.Added to the nine original volumes is a modern, tenth volume in which Drs. Jan W.H. Werner, conservator āKaarten en Atlassenā of the āBijzondere Collecties van de Universiteit van Amsterdamā, gives a scientific description of the historical-cartographic backgrounds of the āAtlas der Neederlandenā an of the contained maps.The outer dimensions of the separate atlas volumes are approx. 58 x 42 cm, with a thickness varying between 5 and 9 cm. The total weight of the ten volumes together will be approx. 60 kilograms. The dimensions of most maps will be in line with a double page format, on average approx. 57 x 70 cm, though besides some smaller ones, there are also much larger ones as the above pictured āCaarte van den nieuw vermaakte Zeedyk be Oosten Muyden, soo als de selve tans is leggende in bogte en figuure, en op den aanslag der zee, als in deese caarte is aangeweesen,...alsoo vermaakt, en versterkt in den jaare AĀ° / aldus corectelyk op gemeeten en in alle trouwen geteekent in de maant october deses jaars AĀ° door Jacob van Hoorn...; in 't koper gebragt door Hendrik de Lethā, that in unfolded condition measures no less than 70 x 185 cm. Read More