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S'està carregant… Grand Atlas of the Seventeenth Century World (1665 original; edició 1990)de W. Blaeu
Informació de l'obraAtlas Maior of 1665 de Joan Blaeu (1665)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. first published in Amsterdam in 1662. Samenvatting De Atlas Maior - de mooiste en meest uitgebreide atlas uit de ‘Gouden eeuw’ - is opgenomen in de Canon van de Nederlandse geschiedenis. Joan Blaeu (1596 Alkmaar-1673 Amsterdam) bracht tussen 1662 en 1665 de oorspronkelijk Latijnse editie van 11 delen uit die 594 kaarten bevatte van alle werelddelen en Blaeu won daarmee van zijn concurrent Johannes Janssonius. Deze jubileumuitgave (gebonden in cassette) is een verkleinde bewerking van de 150 Euro-editie die Taschen eerder uitbracht. De introductie is geschreven door Dr. Peter van der Krogt, van de Universiteit in Utrecht. Hij bespreekt de historische en culturele context en betekenis van deze atlas, en geeft gedetailleerde beschrijvingen van de kaarten waardoor de moderne lezer in staat wordt gesteld om dit meesterwerk van Blaeu te begrijpen. Another Taschen production by way of Barnes and Noble. This is a beautiful book. Not knowing what was in the original, I don't know if it is complete, but there is a chapter which talks about the efforts to publish the original in 1665. My only complaint is that the text is so small I need a magnifying glass to read it. More later. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Superlatives tend to fail in describing Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior--that being said, it stands as one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. The original Latin edition, completed in 1665, was the largest and most expensive book to be published during the 17th century. Its 594 maps appearing across 11 volumes spanned Arctica, Africa, Asia, Europe, and America. Ambitious in scale and artistry, it is included in the Canon of Dutch History, an official survey of 50 individuals, creations, or events that chart the most important historical developments of the Netherlands. TASCHEN's meticulous reprint brings this luxurious Baroque wonder into the hands of modern readers. In an age of digitized cartography and global connectivity, it celebrates the steadfast beauty of quality printing and restores the wonder of an exploratory age, in which Blaeu's native Amsterdam was a center of international trade and discovery. True to TASCHEN's optimum reproduction standards, this edition is based on the Austrian National Library's complete colored and gold-heightened copy of Atlas Maior, assuring the finest detail and quality. University of Amsterdam's Peter van der Krogt introduces the historical and cultural significance of the atlas while providing detailed descriptions for individual maps, revealing the full scale and ambition of Blaeu's masterwork. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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