Atlas or A geographicke description of the regions, countries and kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, represented by new & exact maps. Translated by Henry Hexham, quarter-maister to the regiment of Colonell Goring [microform].
- Author:
- Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
- Uniform Title:
- Atlas. English
- Additional Titles:
- Atlas, Geographicke description of the regions, countries and kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, represented by new & exact maps, Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii, and Newe atlas
- Published:
- Printed at Amsterdam : By Henry Hondius, and Iohn Iohnson, Anno 1636.
- Edition:
- [Editio ultima].
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (20 unnumbered pages, 37 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 38-46 leaves, 47-54 pages, 55-66, 65-78 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 79-80 leaves, 81-82 pages, 83-94 leaves, 95-98 pages, 99-116 leaves, 117-120 pages, 121-122 leaves, 123-126 pages, 127-164, 163-216 leaves, 6 unnumbered pages, 217-220 pages, 221-222 leaves, 223-225 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 227-228, 227-228 leaves, 227-228 pages, 229-246, 245-252, 251-252, 251-262, 261-268 leaves, 269-276 pages, 277-278 leaves, 279-282 pages, 383-384, 285-338 leaves, 339-342 pages, 343-370 leaves, 371-374 pages, 375-428 leaves, 427-428 pages, 429-442, 441-462 leaves, 4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, maps (metal cuts)
- Additional Creators:
- Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? and Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
- Series:
- Subject(s):
- Note:
- Edition statement from vol. 2 title page.
Half-title reads: The newe atlas.
In vol. 2 the last digit of the imprint date is altered to "8", either in the plate (in which case vol. 2 is STC 17828) or in MS.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
The foliated sections consist of double-page maps with text on back, foliated on the text pages (first recto and second verso of each sheet).
The title pages are engraved. At head of title: vol. 1, "Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii." (the "at" is a monogram); vol. 2, "Gerardi Mercatoris". Letterpress English title and imprint slips are pasted over the original engraved French title and imprint. The original imprint read (vol. 1) ".. chez Henry Hondius .. 1633 [or 1636]"; (vol. 2) ".. sumptibus & typis æneis Henrici Hondij.. 1633 [or 1636]". One or both of the imprint slips may be missing.
The two leaves after vol. 1 fol. 78 are numbered 57, 76.
ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Other Forms:
- Available electronically as part of Early English books online.
- Reproduction Note:
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1965. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1146:2).
- Reviewed/Cited In:
- Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) 17827.
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