(Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps

(Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs, 24th February 2021) Blaeu, Joan Guilliemius Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Nuevo Atlas de los Reynos de Escocia e Yrlanda]: Volume V Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1659. Folio, engraved title-page, 55 maps including 6 maps of Ireland, hand-coloured and heightened in gilt, original vellum gilt, ties lacking, covers soiled and spine chipped with sections lacking, two maps with some small tears to central fold, several maps lightly browned or spotted, some scattered foxing to final leaves Provenance: Bookplate of the Earl of Eglinton, with a gift inscription to the title-page dated 1801