Atlas, engraved title-page depicting Atlas on top of the World and 103 double-page engraved maps COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, most with decorative cartouches, ships and monsters in sea areas, letterpress index on verso of title listing 100 maps, light browning and foxing to some maps, a few old stains and creases, several maps slit at foot of central fold, a few tears and repairs, mostly short and in lower margins, original vellum with blindstamped central globe device surrounded by arabesque tooling, stained and worn at extremities [cf. Koeman Wit 9], folio (540 x 335mm.), Amsterdam, Frederick de Wit [c.1688]
Atlas, engraved title-page depicting Atlas on top of the World and 103 double-page engraved maps COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, most with decorative cartouches, ships and monsters in sea areas, letterpress index on verso of title listing 100 maps, light browning and foxing to some maps, a few old stains and creases, several maps slit at foot of central fold, a few tears and repairs, mostly short and in lower margins, original vellum with blindstamped central globe device surrounded by arabesque tooling, stained and worn at extremities [cf. Koeman Wit 9], folio (540 x 335mm.), Amsterdam, Frederick de Wit [c.1688]
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