'Novus Atlas' (Atlas Maior), German edition
Willem Janszoon Blaeu and Johann Blaeu, Amsterdam 1647/1649, full title: "NOVVS ATLAS, Das ist/ Weltbeschreibung/ Mit schönen neuen außführlichen Land-Tafeln in Kupffer gestochen/ und an den Tag gegeben", contains 2 title engravings, main part and first part, one piece (Netherlands), a total of 120 hand-colored maps, mostly double-sided, few folding maps, according to index complete, leaves hand-colored and bound, parchment binding with gold decoration and year 1660, dimensions approx. 52 × 37.3 × 8.5 cm, signs of use and age, binding torn, warped and with wear such as tears, stains and creases, binding loose, inside endpapers creased, pages slightly stained and yellowed, occasional tears, primarily creases on the first page
