DE WIT Frederick (1630 - 1706). Atlas Major . Amsterdam: J. Covens and C. Mortier, [c.1710]. 2 volumes, 2° (570 x 360mm). Two engraved frontispieces, 2 letterpress titles, lettered in Latin, French and Dutch, printed in red and black, decorated with engraved inset spheres, 1p letterpress index of maps, 186 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, many on thick paper, 5 folding. (Occasional light browning mostly to margins, a few maps with vertical creases.) Contemporary sheep backed marbled-papered boards (corners bumped, marbled-papers worn or torn away). Provenance : John Clevland (book label). A FINE EXAMPLE OF COVENS AND MORTIER'S REISSUE OF THE DE WIT PLATES. Frederick de Wit was one of the foremost mapmakers in Amsterdam in the late 17th century, taking over as the power and control of the Blaeu family declined. On his death in 1706, his widow continued the shop until 1709 when the plates were sold on to Covens and Mortier in the spring of 1710. This copy varies from the issues of Koeman. It appears similar to Mor 12, a 2 volume Atlas Major published by Pierre Mortier in 1710? with 186 maps, but has the imprint of both Covens and Mortier as per C. and M. 1, although that issue has 190 sheets. This copy has a plate list totalling 186 sheets but includes 5 titles and frontispieces and has 4 extra maps of Brabant and one of Italy, these additions being marked in manuscript on the index. One or two maps in this edition are taken from Blaeu plates, which probably remained in de Wit's stock at his death. Cf Koeman Mor 12 and C. and M. 1 (2)
DE WIT Frederick (1630 - 1706). Atlas Major . Amsterdam: J. Covens and C. Mortier, [c.1710]. 2 volumes, 2° (570 x 360mm). Two engraved frontispieces, 2 letterpress titles, lettered in Latin, French and Dutch, printed in red and black, decorated with engraved inset spheres, 1p letterpress index of maps, 186 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, many on thick paper, 5 folding. (Occasional light browning mostly to margins, a few maps with vertical creases.) Contemporary sheep backed marbled-papered boards (corners bumped, marbled-papers worn or torn away). Provenance : John Clevland (book label). A FINE EXAMPLE OF COVENS AND MORTIER'S REISSUE OF THE DE WIT PLATES. Frederick de Wit was one of the foremost mapmakers in Amsterdam in the late 17th century, taking over as the power and control of the Blaeu family declined. On his death in 1706, his widow continued the shop until 1709 when the plates were sold on to Covens and Mortier in the spring of 1710. This copy varies from the issues of Koeman. It appears similar to Mor 12, a 2 volume Atlas Major published by Pierre Mortier in 1710? with 186 maps, but has the imprint of both Covens and Mortier as per C. and M. 1, although that issue has 190 sheets. This copy has a plate list totalling 186 sheets but includes 5 titles and frontispieces and has 4 extra maps of Brabant and one of Italy, these additions being marked in manuscript on the index. One or two maps in this edition are taken from Blaeu plates, which probably remained in de Wit's stock at his death. Cf Koeman Mor 12 and C. and M. 1 (2)
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