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Blaeu, Atlas Maior

The most expensive book of the seventeenth century: eleven volumes, nearly 600 hand-coloured maps.

Made by
Joan Blaeu (1596–1673)
Date
From 1662; this world map 1664
Held by
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Medium
Hand-coloured copper engraving
Plates
1
Blaeu, Atlas Maior: Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, preview image
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