Map of Mons, from Rapin’s History Printed Area Measurement_33 x 38 cm The Blaeu Atlas was eventually

The Blaeu Atlas was eventually extended to the eleven volume Atlas Major

English was still a relatively provincial language in early seventeenth-century Europe and there is only one edition of this major series of atlases with English text (Koeman indicates the possibility of a second edition of 1641

engraved after Cantelli da Vignola

one of which is in King George III’s Topographical Collection

this example of the map was printed in September 1920 during the Greek occupation of the Zone of Smyrna

Map of Mons, from Rapin’s History Printed Area Measurement_33 x 38 cm The Blaeu Atlas was eventuallyCondition & Materials Copper engraving, 39. 5 x 49. 5 cm, engraved by J. Basire, black and white as issued, blank verso; map of Mons.