Shelfmark
Bk.3B.03
Author
Uniform title
[Atlas maior]
Title
Asia, quæ est geographiæ Blauianæ pars quarta; libri duo. Volumen decimum.
Varying form of title
Asia, quae est geographiae Blauianae
Varying form of title
Geographia, quæ est cosmographiæ Blauianæ
Varying form of title
Sina, quæ est Asiæ
Varying form of title
Nouus atlas Sinensis
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelædami : Labore & sumptibus Ioannis Blaeu, 1662.
Physical description
[14], 134, [22], 25, [1], x, [2]p, [18] leaves of plates : 17 col. maps ; Fo.
Language
Chinese and Arabic words in "De regno Catayo additamentum".
Note
Published as Vol. X, Book II of: Geographia, quæ est cosmographiæ Blauianæ: pars prima [-quinta], qua orbis terræ tabulis ante oculos ponitur, et descriptionibus illustratur. Amstelædami: Labore & sumptibus Ioannis Blaeu, 1662-1665. (11 v.).
Note
Previously in A flat case.
Note
Title taken from letter-press t.p.
Note
2 additional hand-coloured, engraved title-pages: Nouus atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu descriptus ...
Note
Half-title: Sina, quæ est Asiæ liber secundus.
Note
All but two of the leaves of plates are unnumbered double plates integrated into gatherings (i.e., with numbered pages of text printed on recto and verso of respective halves of the double plate).
Note
Includes "De bello Tartarico historia" (25p and [1]p index at end).
Note
Includes "De regno Catayo additamentum. Iacobus Golius ..." (x pages at end).
Note
Includes indexes.
Note
Some maps signed Ioannes Blaeu.
Note
Hand-coloured engravings.
Note
Ms. notes on letter-press t.p., in text (final index) and on 1 map; ms. page numbers throughout.
Provenance
Kessler bookplate; given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler.
Binding
17th century gold-tooled white vellum.
Binding
Marks of ties.
Subject
China Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
China Maps Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Identifier
B18399