Atlas novus, sive sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ... in Tres Tomos

Old coloured title page of the Hondius-Janssonius Atlas. From the Latin edition of the Atlas Novus published 1641 in Amsterdam.

Pieter van der Krogt in Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 1:31.2:

Architectural title page. At the top a sphere and allegorical representations of astronomy and geography. The main text panel is flanked by princes and noblemen and the panel itself surrounded by coats-of-arms of 18 countries: top Spain, England (including Scotland and Ireland), the Holy Roman Empire, France, Sweden and Denmark; left Poland, Turkey, United Netherlands, Portugal, Flanders/Brabant and Savoy; right Austria, Hungary, Papal State, Naples, Venice, and Toscana. A secondary text panel in the plinth is carried by a double-headed eagle. The text panels have engraved French text; the appropriate texts for editions in other languages were pasted over.

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