Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Title:
Le grand atlas, ou, Cosmographie Blauiane : en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel.
Alternate Title(s):
Grand atlas, ov, Cosmographie Blaviane
Published / Created:
A Amsterdam : Chez Jean Blaeu, MDCLXVII [1667]
Physical Description:
12 volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Notes:
Title from half-title page (volume one only).
Contents:
1. Arctique, Noruege, Danemarque, Sleswic -- 2. Suede, Russie, Pologne, Régions orientales au delà de l'Alemagne près le Danube, Grece -- 3. Alemagne -- 4. Belgique royale, Belgique confédérée -- 5. Angleterre -- 6. Escosse, Yrlande -- 7. France -- 8. France, Suisse -- 9. Italie -- 10. Espagne, Afrique -- 11. Asie -- 12. Amerique.
Exhibition History:
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
Subject Terms:
Atlases -- Early works to 1800. | Early maps. | Geography -- Early works to 1800. | Atkyns, Edward -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1667. | Woodcuts -- 1667.
Contributors:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673, bookseller.