[Atlases]. Mees Azn., G. Historische atlas van Noord-Nederland van de XVI eeuw tot op heden. Rott., Verbruggen & Van Duym, 1865, (8),VII,(1),28p., 14 double-p. handcol. lithogr. maps, each w. 9 to 37 descript. text-p., orig. blindst. and giltlettered hmor., folio. - Partly sl. foxed; paper ticket on upper pastedown; stamps on upper pastedown, first blank and title-p. Sl. rubbed; cloth over backcover sl. worn. = Koeman II, Mee 1 (p.274, erroneously 16 maps, corrected in Koeman VI, p.208); Phillips 3073. "G.M. Mees, a lawyer and historian, was the first to produce a historical atlas of the Netherlands. In the excellent and elaborate introduction dated 1851 he demonstrates a good understanding of the principles of cartography. In his atlas he has introduced for the first time a correct choropleth map of the Netherlands. The contents of the original Historical Atlas of 1865 is on a very high cartographical level. Mees, Eekhoff and Staring are considered the only three intelligent Dutch cartographers of the mid-nineteenth century." (Koeman VI, p.207-208). Andree, R. Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas in 139 Haupt- und 161 Nebenkarten (...) Jubiläumsausgabe. Ed. A. Scobel. Bielefeld/ Leipsic, Velhagen & Klasing, 1909, 5th rev. enl. ed., (4),186(index)p., 300 (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt hmor., folio.
[Atlases]. Mees Azn., G. Historische atlas van Noord-Nederland van de XVI eeuw tot op heden. Rott., Verbruggen & Van Duym, 1865, (8),VII,(1),28p., 14 double-p. handcol. lithogr. maps, each w. 9 to 37 descript. text-p., orig. blindst. and giltlettered hmor., folio. - Partly sl. foxed; paper ticket on upper pastedown; stamps on upper pastedown, first blank and title-p. Sl. rubbed; cloth over backcover sl. worn. = Koeman II, Mee 1 (p.274, erroneously 16 maps, corrected in Koeman VI, p.208); Phillips 3073. "G.M. Mees, a lawyer and historian, was the first to produce a historical atlas of the Netherlands. In the excellent and elaborate introduction dated 1851 he demonstrates a good understanding of the principles of cartography. In his atlas he has introduced for the first time a correct choropleth map of the Netherlands. The contents of the original Historical Atlas of 1865 is on a very high cartographical level. Mees, Eekhoff and Staring are considered the only three intelligent Dutch cartographers of the mid-nineteenth century." (Koeman VI, p.207-208). Andree, R. Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas in 139 Haupt- und 161 Nebenkarten (...) Jubiläumsausgabe. Ed. A. Scobel. Bielefeld/ Leipsic, Velhagen & Klasing, 1909, 5th rev. enl. ed., (4),186(index)p., 300 (double-p.) col. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt hmor., folio.
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