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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
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Date:
1714
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Short Title:
La Grande Tartarie
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La Grande Tartarie
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Chez Pierre Van der Aa
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Chez Pierre Van der Aa
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Leide
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Leide
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Atlas Map
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23
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Full color map of Central Asia, with decorative cartouche. Showing political and administrative boundaries. Relief shown pictorially.
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Full color map of Central Asia, with decorative cartouche. Showing political and administrative boundaries. Relief shown pictorially.
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Reference:
Philips, Geographical Atlases, Vol. IV, title 4277.
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Philips, Geographical Atlases, Vol. IV, title 4277.
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Russia
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Russia
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Asia, Central
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Asia, Central
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Siberia (Russia)
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Siberia (Russia)
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Full Title:
La Grande Tartarie, Suivant les nouvelles observations de Messrs ... A Leide, Chez Pierre Van der Aa. (to accompany) Nouvel Atlas, tres-exact et fort commode pour toutes sortes de personnes, Contenant les Principales Cartes Geographiques ...
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La Grande Tartarie, Suivant les nouvelles observations de Messrs ... A Leide, Chez Pierre Van der Aa. (to accompany) Nouvel Atlas, tres-exact et fort commode pour toutes sortes de personnes, Contenant les Principales Cartes Geographiques ...
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List No:
11691.094
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11691.094
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Page No:
88
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Series No:
94
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94
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Publication Author:
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
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Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
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Pub Date:
1714
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1714
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Pub Title:
Nouvel Atlas, tres-exact et fort commode pour toutes sortes de personnes, Contenant les Principales Cartes Geographiques. Dresse suivant les nouvelles observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, & rectifie sur les Relations les plus recentes des plus fideles voyageurs. A Leide, Chez Pierre Van der Aa, Marchand Libraire. Avec Privilege.
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Nouvel Atlas, tres-exact et fort commode pour toutes sortes de personnes, Contenant les Principales Cartes Geographiques. Dresse suivant les nouvelles observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, & rectifie sur les Relations les plus recentes des plus fideles voyageurs. A Leide, Chez Pierre Van der Aa, Marchand Libraire. Avec Privilege.
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Pub Reference:
Philips, Geographical Atlases, Vol. IV, title 4277.
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Philips, Geographical Atlases, Vol. IV, title 4277.
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Van de Aa describes this book as a new atlas, which contains the principal geographical maps of modern long-journey voyages which have been made both by sea and by land in all parts of the world, and of the most famous routes for travelers from the year 1246 to 1696, drawn up according to the new observations of members of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Includes engraved hand colored pictorial title and dedication plates; 2 pages of introductory text “Avis au lecteur”, 4 pages of descriptive text; La Nouvelle Geographie Aisee, and manuscript index "Table des Nouvelles carte geographiques ...". Manuscript date "1686" on frontispiece. Pages numbered also in manuscript, 5-100, 98 maps numbered in manuscript, 6-100. Map number 46 is in 3 parts, 46A-46C. Maps are engraved and hand colored. There are many decorative title cartouches, including figures, cherubs, fauna and views. Showing political and administrative boundaries, major cities, towns, villages, rivers, lakes, landmarks, roads, forests and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Some maps includes compass rose and notations. Bound in full leather covers, with Title "Atlas" embossed in gilt on spine. Pieter van der Aa, a Dutch publisher and printer was best known for his cartographic work. He opened a bookshop and publishing house in Leiden in 1677, and started his first business there in 1683. By 1694 he was made printer to Leiden University, and by 1715, he was appointed the official printer to the town of Leiden. His major work was the massive Galerie Agreable du Monde (1729) a compendium of some 3,000 plates in 66 volumes, published in an edition of 100 sets. Other publications included Atlas Nouveau et Curieux and Atlas Nouvel, both produced in 1714. Van der Aa also produced separately issued maps and reissued maps by other publishers, such as Les Forces de l’Europe (1726), originally published in 1696 by Nicolas de Fer.
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Van de Aa describes this book as a new atlas, which contains the principal geographical maps of modern long-journey voyages which have been made both by sea and by land in all parts of the world, and of the most famous routes for travelers from the year 1246 to 1696, drawn up according to the new observations of members of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Includes engraved hand colored pictorial title and dedication plates; 2 pages of introductory text “Avis au lecteur”, 4 pages of descriptive text; La Nouvelle Geographie Aisee, and manuscript index "Table des Nouvelles carte geographiques ...". Manuscript date "1686" on frontispiece. Pages numbered also in manuscript, 5-100, 98 maps numbered in manuscript, 6-100. Map number 46 is in 3 parts, 46A-46C. Maps are engraved and hand colored. There are many decorative title cartouches, including figures, cherubs, fauna and views. Showing political and administrative boundaries, major cities, towns, villages, rivers, lakes, landmarks, roads, forests and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Some maps includes compass rose and notations. Bound in full leather covers, with Title "Atlas" embossed in gilt on spine. Pieter van der Aa, a Dutch publisher and printer was best known for his cartographic work. He opened a bookshop and publishing house in Leiden in 1677, and started his first business there in 1683. By 1694 he was made printer to Leiden University, and by 1715, he was appointed the official printer to the town of Leiden. His major work was the massive Galerie Agreable du Monde (1729) a compendium of some 3,000 plates in 66 volumes, published in an edition of 100 sets. Other publications included Atlas Nouveau et Curieux and Atlas Nouvel, both produced in 1714. Van der Aa also produced separately issued maps and reissued maps by other publishers, such as Les Forces de l’Europe (1726), originally published in 1696 by Nicolas de Fer.
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Pub List No:
11691.000
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Pub Type:
World Atlas
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Pub Maps:
98
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Pub Height cm:
31
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Authors:
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