"Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, Mis en Lumiere par Guillaume & Jean Blaeu. Troisieme Partie", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1650 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

10.8 x 15.9 inches
27.4 x 40.4 cm

This is a superb architectural style title page. Classical geographers Ptolemy (left) and Marinus (right) flank the title with a terrestrial globe in the foreground and a celestial globe resting on the entablature. It was a common practice for publishers to print the titles on separate sheets that were pasted into the space left on the engraving, as is the case with this sheet.

References: Shirley (TP) #47B; Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #2:23.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a large watermark of the god Atlas, with marginal soiling and a few extraneous creases.