Eyghentlÿcke afbeeldinghe van de Riviere van Kola, met alle Eylandekens clippen ende Reden daer in gheleghen. Item de gheleghentheyt van Swetenoes ende Lombascho.
Nautical chart showing the shorelines of the Kola River, bordering Lapland (Finland) and Russia. Title translates (loosely) to: Description of River Kola. Features cities, roads, ports, topography, coastlines, shoals, islands, anchorage and soundings. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive n...
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| Summary: | Nautical chart showing the shorelines of the Kola River, bordering Lapland (Finland) and Russia. Title translates (loosely) to: Description of River Kola. Features cities, roads, ports, topography, coastlines, shoals, islands, anchorage and soundings. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive note, rhumb lines and compass roses, with north oriented toward left. Decorative cartouche. With two inset maps: Lombascho -- Swetenoes met de Eylandekens daer ontrent gheleghen. Black and white engraving. Chart is 25 x 28 cm, on sheet 26 x 29 cm. Appears in "Tvveede boeck" of atlas. Het Licht der Zee-vaert, by Willem Blaeu; published in Amsterdam, 1620. Title translates to: The light of the sea. This chart atlas was Blaeu's first atlas. Initially published in 1608, this is the fifth Dutch edition with 38 (of 42) maps. Oblong quarto. Engraved title, engraved frontispiece, 38 mostly double-page engraved charts (of 42, lacking 4 maps of Denmark), woodcut illustrations and diagrams within the text, 1 with volvelle (lacking 1), letterpress tables within decorative woodcut borders. Volume comprised of 261 woodcut coastal profiles in the text, illustrations, tables and charts. Recent fine full calf binding with richly gilt spine in compartments. Collation: Engraved title, (2), engraved frontispiece, 54 pp. (A4-F4, G2) lacking 2 pages; (2, title to Eerste Boeck), [1-8], 9-119, (1 blank) pp. (2, title to Tvveede Boeck), 3-130, [131] pp. 38 engraved maps (lacking 4). Probably lacking 1 volvelle in the beginning. Lacking 4 maps of Denmark, numbers 21-22, 24-25. Het Licht der Zee-vaert was the first book produced by the Blaeu publishing house, heralding a golden age of atlas production, and survives in only a few copies. It is one of the most important Dutch pilot-guides. Blaeu's pilot books were divided into chapters, each containing navigational instructions for specific sections of coastline, accompanied by a finely engraved coastal chart for each section. Map titles appeared in Dutch and French, with woodcut profile views ... |
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