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BLAEU - VAN DER HEM -- KROGT, P. v.d. & E. de GROOT. The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem of the Austrian National Library. ('t Goy-Houten, 1996-2008). 6 vols. Prof. illustr. 4°. Ocl.
Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem, one of the largest and finest atlases ever assembled, now in Austria. The 46-volume atlas, composed by the Amsterdam lawyer and collector Laurens van der Hem (1621-1678), is an expanded version of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, published in Amsterdam between 1660 and 1663. V.d. Hem 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).€ 800
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