Colom, Jacob Aertsz (1600-1673).

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

L'Ardante ou flamboyante Colomne, demonstrant & esclairant les 17. Provinces, ou Pays-Bas. Amsterdam: Jacques Colom, 1650

8vo (202 x 270mm.), [2 (printed title)] pp., illustration: 47 full-page engraved maps, 3 full-page engraved plates, binding: original vellum-backed boards, lacking engraved title, without text (possibly not called for), some soiling, blind stamp affecting title and first 3 maps, binding slightly soiled

Literature

Koeman II, Col 4; cf. Shirley, British Library T. Colm-1a

Catalogue Note

A French issue of Colom's only land atlas, which was first published in 1635. The 147 portraits on the final three plates include Counts of Flanders and Holland, Dukes of Brabant and Isabella and Ferdinand of Austria.