Van der Aa catalogue

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Catalogue des livres des cartes greographiques,

des villes chateaux &c. de l'univers, taut en plan qu'en profil; publiés en France, en Allemagne, en Angleterre & ailleurs, qui se trovent tout nouvellement.

SKU: 17679 标签: Type:

AA, Pieter van der
Leiden,
Pieter vander Aa,
[1715].
Octavo. 41pp., tear to title-page skilfully repaired; modern half calf, red buckram.

Collation: 4S9, 4T4, 4V7, 4X4.
160 by 950mm. (6.25 by 37.5 inches).
17679

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The catalogue dates from around 1715, and lists the principle works offered and published by Aa. It is nearly twice as the size of his earlier catalogue (see item XXXXX). As with the previous catalogue, an advertisement at the beginning proudly proclaims the recent acquisition of many maps and plans from the heirs of Frederick de Wit, whose widow Maria sold their inventory at auction in 1710.

The first forty pages of the catalogue list the books published by Aa, ...