Blaeu, Joannes [Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: Volume V] - Scotia, quae est Europae Liber XII [Scotland &

Blaeu, Joannes [Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: Volume V] - Scotia, quae est Europae Liber XII [Scotland & Ireland] Amsterdam: Joannes Blaeu, 1662. Folio, title-page hand-coloured and heightened in gilt, hand-coloured vignette to volume title-page, 49 hand-coloured Scottish maps and 6 hand-coloured maps of Ireland, original vellum gilt neatly repaired along lower edges, some light marginal dampstaining, predominantly to lower margins, some minor worming to lower margins and a few neat repairs, again to lower margins, some browning to endpapers, presented in custom archival box Qty: (1) Note: This atlas comprises volume five of the six-volume Dutch text edition of Blaeu's Theatrum. Each volume of the work was published separately between 1635 and 1655, in several languages. In its era, the Theatrum was considered to be the most comprehensive and accurate atlas produced, with volume 5 being regarded to this day first atlas of Scotland, using many maps developed by the cartographer, Pont. 49 of the maps are of Scotland and 6 depict Ireland. "The publication in 1654 of Volume V of Blaeu's Atlas novus was the result of over 70 years of cartographic, chorographic, and editorial activity, by a dispersed network of people in Scotland and the Low Countries. Through their combined efforts, dogged by war, poverty, copyright restrictions, and only intermittent official support, 'Scotland became one of the best mapped countries in the world' (Stone, 1989)" (C. Fleet: Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654, NLS).