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ATLASES -- PEERS, R. The English Atlas. Vol. IV. Containing the Description of the Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries, or Netherlands. Oxf., Printed at the Theater for M. Pitt, at the Angel in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, 1682. (6), 244, (42) pp. W. engr. title-p & 41 maps (of which 1 single-p.), all in old, sumptuous handcolouring. Lge-Fol. Later cf. w. older cf. laid on, spine w. raised bands & gilt lettering, sides blind ruled. (Hinges & joints almost entirely loose, paper brittle, pp. & maps w. occasional foxing & discol., a few maps w. false folds, occasionally w. small tears, a few maps discreetly reinforced w. tape & paper, ex libris Trinity House on paste down).
V.d. Krogt I, p. 467: "The Atlas Maior by Johan Janssonius served as basis for an atlas (…) by Moses Pitt of London in 1680-83, with the co-publishers J. Janssonius van Waesbergen (c. 1616/17-1681) and his sons, and S. Swart (1641-1683). (…) The maps where generally printed from reworked plates of Janssonius, the imprint of Janssonius van Waesbergen and Pitt is added (in vols. 2 and 4 the imprints include Swart's name) and, to facilitate finding places w. the index, the grid of parallels and meridians is added. (…) In all probability the maps where printed in Amsterdam and shipped to Oxford to be bound with the text."€ 4000
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