1. Aa (Pieter van der, publisher ) Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red and black with inset engraved allegorical panel, engraved head- and tail-pieces, and illuminated initials, 7 double-page maps, including planisphere, double-hemisphere world, Italy and 4 continents, with 88 further engraved maps on 44 single sheets, text by Gueudeville and Ferrarius, frontispiece margins reinforced, recto and verso, with tissue-thin japan paper, into the image, damp-staining to title and introductory text leaves, occasionally affecting lower margins of map sheets, occasional browning and light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, relaid of later boards, folio, [Koeman I, Aa 6], Leiden, 1713.
est. £10000 – £15000
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was something of a prodigy in the book world, beginning his career with a bookseller at the age of 9, and establishing his own publishing business by the time he was 23. His vast output consisted mostly of maps and atlases, and their decorative appearance proved very popular.
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