Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Wit, Frederik de, 1629 or 1630-1706
Title:
Atlas.
Published / Created:
Tot Amsterdam : Bij Frederick de Wit in de Calverstraet bij den Dam inde Witte Paskaert, [not before 1688]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([1] leaf, [117] leaves of plates) : 58 maps ; 54 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2023 64
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
Some maps are signed by J. L'huilier.

Relief shown pictorially.

The title page is engraved, featuring an allegorical image of Atlas.

Date of publication from Koeman.

Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, 6

The single leaf of letterpress is a printed table of contents, in two columns: maps 1-31 are listed under the heading Orbis terrestris ofte land-atlas; maps 32-58 are listed under the heading Orbis maritimus ofte zee-atlas.

BAC Folio A 2023 64: Maps are hand-colored. Bound in half-roan and marbled boards. Has bound with it, at end: Plan de Mayence de ses nouvelles fortifications, et de ses environs = Platte grond van de stadt Mentz, met deszelfs nieuwe werken en omleggende landen (t'Amsterdam: by Covens en Mortier, [ca. 1740]).
Subject Terms:
Geography -- Early works to 1800. | Coasts.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | World atlases. | Nautical charts. | Engravings. | Hand-coloring.
Contributors:
Luillier, J., engraver.