- Bib ID:
- 884724
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- [Stuttgart, Belser Verlag, 1971]
- [79] leaves : 38 plates (incl. 53 col. maps) 81 cm & 33cm.
- Full contents:
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- Atlas
- Kommentar/Commentary
- Notes:
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- Title from limited edition statement on 79th leaf.
- Reduced facsimile. of the maps in the unique 17th-century "Atlas des Grossen Kurfürsten" in the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, which was presented to Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, called the Great Elector, by Johan Maurits, Prince of Nassau-Siegen circa 1664.
- The dedication and table of contents (2d and 3d leaves) are printed in present-day type.
- Maps, except 2 anonymous ms. maps, are by J. Blaeu, F. de Wit, H. Hondius, N. Visscher, A. Colom, and others.
- Commentary volume includes transcriptions of the extensive Latin, French and Dutch texts surrounding the maps.
- Original atlas held by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Germany.
- Original atlas similar to the Klencke Atlas presented to Charles II in 1660, and now in the British Library.
- Leather label with title in gilt, for use on spine, inserted.
- Accompanied by "Kommentar zum Atlas des Grossen Kurfüsten von Egon Klemp = Commentary on the Atlas of the Great Elector, by Egon Klemp", 293 p., 33 cm. List of subscribers tipped in.
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1689
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1688
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1971
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