Lot 112
  • 112

Laurenberg, Johannes.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Graecia antiqua edidit Samuel Pufendorf. Amsterdam: Jan Janssonius, 1660
  • paper
First edition, small oblong 4to (180 x 220mm.), 31 hand-coloured engraved maps, a few plain engraved illustrations in text, printed plate list at end, contemporary vellum, [Contominas 386; cf. Blackmer 958 (second edition)], slightly stained at lower inner corner, some repairs and reinforcement at inner margin of first few leaves

Catalogue Note

A rare coloured copy. Laurenberg contributed to maps for the atlases issued by the Hondius and Blaeu firms in Amsterdam. The present work on ancient Greece assigns a map for each region described.