60 maps, extra illustrated with 3 maps by de Wit: "accuratissima dominii Veneti in Italia" between 2A2 and 2B1, "status ecclesiasticus et magnus ducatus Thoscanae" between 2V2 and 2X1, "regnum Neapolis" between 4C2 and 4D1, some browning 69 (of 70) maps, pp.123 and 124 printed on separate sheets, map 50 in the very rare state of having the signature 4L and some text on p.209, lacking map 55 ("La Bresse Chalonnoise"), not called for in index and often not present, some browning ![]() 55 maps, light staining to some inner margins affecting a few maps 58 maps, extra illustrated with a map "Anglia regnum in omnes suous ducatus" by de Wit between V2 and X1, lacking 2V1 and 2 (two pages of text and the map of Surrey), replaced by an unsigned map of Surrey, verso blank 63 maps, extra illustrated with a map "Belgii regii tabula" by Visscher between f1 and A1, some light staining 96 maps (3 folding), extra illustrated with 8 maps: "circuli Austriaci pars septentrionalis" between F2 and G1, "regnum Bohemia" between I2 and K1 (upper right-hand corner creased), "circulus Bavaricus" between 2L2 and 2M1, "circuli Saxoniae superiori" between 2Q2 and 2R1, "marchionatus Brandenburgi et ducatus Pomeraniae" between 3D1 and 3E1, "circulus Saxoniae inferioris" between 3Q2 and 3R1, "Leodiensis episcopatus" between 5R2 and 5R3, "utriusque Alsatiae ducatus Dupontii et Spirensis episcopatus" between 7B1 and 7C1, all by de Wit save the penultimate map which is by Visscher, closed tear to lower margin of folding map of the Rhine, some offsetting from maps, browning to some leaves 39 maps and plates, extra illustrated with 8 maps: "novissima Russiae tabula" by Isaac Massa between A2 and B1 of the Russia section "Ukrainae pars quae Barclavia Palatinatus" (slightly stained), "Ukrainae pars quae Kiovia Palatinatus", "Ukrainae pars quae Pokutia", "Ukrainae pars quae Podolia Palatinatus", all by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan, between R1 and S1 of the Poland section "Illyricum Hodiernum" by Blaeu between Q2 and R1 of the Southeastern Europe section "exactissima totius Archipelagi nec non Graeciae tabula" by Nicolas Visscher between A2 and B1 of the Greece section "nova et accurata Moreae olim Peloponnesus dictae delineatio" by Blaeu between G2 and H1 of the Greece section, lacking second letterpress title-page, lacking dedication to Czar Alexei, couple of small marginal holes (not affecting text), map of "Hungaria Regnum" slightly stained, several leaves browned ![]() 61 maps and plates, extra illustrated with 2 maps by de Wit: "nova orbis tabula in lucem edita" between g2 and g3 of the Preliminary section and "nova et accurata totius Europae descriptio" between a2 and b1 of the Europe section, lacking text leaf with "admonitio de origine ducatus Slesvicensis", some light marginal staining 11 volumes, folio (540 x 340mm.), engraved allegorical or architectural frontispieces, printed titles with engraved vignettes and divisional half-titles, 593 engraved maps and plates, mostly double-page (some folding), extra-illustrated with 28 engraved maps, engraved illustrations, coloured throughout in a contemporary hand, heightened in gold, eighteenth-century calf over boards, gilt double-fillet border, gilt roll-tooled inner panel with fleurons at each inner corner, large gilt lozenge shaped centrepiece incorporating acanthas leaves and a central globe device, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettered, gilt edges, each volume housed in custom-made slipcases
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