Janssonius van Waesbergen, Joannes (1661-1681).

2 volumes, folio (520 x 335mm.), [2], 12; [2]pp., illustration: 2 engraved title-pages with letterpress title, 245 double-page and folding maps, plans and views (many with more than one per page), maps numbered in corner and marked on index, 3 additional maps added (not in index, see footnote), binding: contemporary Dutch vellum gilt, green silk ties, engraved title-page of volume one loose, map 48 in volume 2 (Florence) trimmed at edges with loss, map of Rome by Falda torn, map of Madrid listed in index not present, bindings somewhat worn, one tie missing

cf. Koeman II, Ja 18

This work is the abridged version of Theatrum praecipuarum urbium which was first published in 1657 (see previous lot). Van Waesbergen, established as a bookseller in Amsterdam, acquired by inheritance from his father-in-law Jan Janssonius many of Janssonius's plates.

The additional maps in volume 2 are:
1. Rossi, G.D. Nuova delineatione della nobilissima e famosissima citta di Genova. Rome, [1651]
2. Falda, G.B. Recentis Romae ichnographia et hypographia. Rome: G.G. Rossi, [1667]
3. De Wit, F. La Villa de Madrid. Amsterdam, [1680]