Montanus, Arnoldus.

first english edition, folio (420 x 266mm.), engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black, folding engraved general map of the Americas, and 49 double-page or folding engraved views, maps and other subjects (including maps of the Americas, Maryland, New England and Jamaica), 6 engraved portraits, and 66 illustrations in the text (including the view of New Amsterdam at p.171), contemporary panelled calf gilt, red morocco spine label lettered ''Mr. Ogilbys Atlas Tom. II' (see footnote), frontispiece a little stained, some plates browned, binding somewhat worn

Wing O165; Sabin 50089; JCB III, 227

Ogilby's text is in part a translation of Montanus's De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, but with considerable additions from other and more reliable sources in respect of New England and New France, Maryland and Virginia, using for the most part English materials. Ogilby also has a short section on 'New Netherland, now call'd New York', which gives the account of the transfer of sovereignty from the Netherlands to England in 1664. The work was considered as the second volume in Ogilby's projected 'English Atlas' series (see lots 66 and 67, which are uniformly bound with this volume), and is perhaps his best known geographical book after his Britannia road atlas (cf. lot 69), which first appeared in 1675.