ELWE, Jan Barend. Atlas . Amsterdam: J.B.Elwe, [1808]. 2° (560 x 350mm). 20pp. Dutch letterpress text in two columns. Engraved title, double-page star-map, double-page genealogical table, and 37 maps (36 double-page), all hand-coloured. Contemporary half sheep (extremities scuffed, spine chipped, joints weak). A FINE UNSOPHISTICATED COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION OF ELWE'S ATLAS. The map of Spain is dated 1808, the others are generally undated although a small number bear the 1792 date of the first edition. The maps include the World, Europe, Great Britain, Holy Land, three of the Americas and a four-sheet map of Asia extending from India to the Philippines and Japan to the Maldives. Koeman El 3.
ELWE, Jan Barend. Atlas . Amsterdam: J.B.Elwe, [1808]. 2° (560 x 350mm). 20pp. Dutch letterpress text in two columns. Engraved title, double-page star-map, double-page genealogical table, and 37 maps (36 double-page), all hand-coloured. Contemporary half sheep (extremities scuffed, spine chipped, joints weak). A FINE UNSOPHISTICATED COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION OF ELWE'S ATLAS. The map of Spain is dated 1808, the others are generally undated although a small number bear the 1792 date of the first edition. The maps include the World, Europe, Great Britain, Holy Land, three of the Americas and a four-sheet map of Asia extending from India to the Philippines and Japan to the Maldives. Koeman El 3.
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