Lot no. 206
[ATLAS]. GOOS (PETER). DE ZEE - ATLAS
ofte Water-Wereld, waer in vertoont werden alle de Zee-Kusten van het bekende des Aerd-Bodems. Seer dienstigh voor alle Heeren en Kooplieden, als ooch voor alle Schippers en Stuurlieden. t'Amsterdam, By Pieter Goos, in de Zee-Spiegel, 1672. Large folio (320 x 515 mm), ivory vellum, double framed with cold fillets, fleuron in the centre, traces of lakes, smooth spine titled in ink (contemporary binding).
One ornate title, [XIV] pages of text and large planisphere and 40 double maps mounted on mitre, one large folded map (hand-numbered 1 to 33, 33bis & 34 to 40).
Map 39 "Paskaerte van Nova Granada. en t'Eylandt California" is the famous map showing California as an isle.
Upper margin of the map "Paskaerte van de Zuÿdt en Noordt Revier in Nieu Nederlant" shortened.
From the library of the Marquis de Cordoüan, with bookplate.
A GOOD EXAMPLE preserved in its FIRST BINDING, with the TITLE and the ORIGINAL AQUARELLED BOARDS free of foxing.
Koeman, IV Goos 10.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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