Blaeu, Willem Janszoon

Zeespiegel, inhoudende eene beschryvinghe der seekusten van de Oostersche ende Noordsche schipvaert. Wt ondervindinghen van veel ervaren zeevaerders vergadert...

Amsterdam: Ghedruckt by Willem Iansz Blaeuw

1623

Rare variant of Blaeu's Sea Atlas.

Folio, 6 parts in 1. [2], 39, [1]; 43, [1]; 48; 32; 28; 24 pp. Bound in period full vellum. Illustrated with 6 woodcut maps and charts in text; 1 copper-engraved chart in text; and 175 small woodcut coastal views and profiles in text. This copy with a cancel variant title page, lacks preliminary material, and lacks parts 7-12. There are directions to the binder at the end of each part, which provide instructions for binding 56 plates which are all missing from this copy. One leaf missing. Some signs of rubbing and wear, top of title page clipped, some minor discoloration, else in good condition.

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