Onzième volume de la geographie Blauiane, contenant l'Asie, qui est la IV. partie de la terre.

Author/creator Blaeu, Joan
Format Book
PublicationA Amsterdam : Chez Jean Blaeu, 1667.
Description2 parts in 1 volume : 28 maps ; 53 cm (folio)
Subjects

Uniform titleAtlas maior. French. T. 11
Portion of title Asie ...
Partial contents Maps: Part 1: Asia noviter delineata / auctore Guijelmo Blaeuw -- Turcicum imperium -- Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor -- Cyprus insula -- Terra sancta quae in sacris terra promissionis olim Palestina (Amstelodami : Ex officina Guiljelmi Blaeuw 1629) -- Arabia -- Persia siue sophorum regnum -- India quae orientalis dicitur, et insulae adiacentes -- Magni mogolis imperium -- Moluccae insulae celeberrimae / Amstelodami Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit -- Tartaria siue magni chami imperium. Part 2: Imperii sinarum nova descriptio -- Pecheli siue Peking imperii sinarum provincia prima -- Xansi, imperii sinarum provincia secunda -- Xensi, imperii sinarum provincia tertia -- Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quarta -- Honan, imperii sinarum provincia quinta -- Suchuen, imperii sinarum provincia sexta -- Huquang, imperii sinarum provincia septima -- Kiangsi, imperii sinarum provincia octava -- Nanking, siue Kiangnan, imperii sinarum provincia nona -- Chekiang, imperii sinarum provincia decima -- Fokien, imperii sinarum provincia undecima -- Quantung, imperii sinarum provincia duodecima -- Quangsi, sinarum imperii provincia decimatertia -- Queichev, imperii sinarum provincia decimaquarta -- Junnan imperii sinarum provincia decimaquinta -- Japonia regnum.
Local noteJoyner Rare vault copy: Maps, part title pages and title vignette hand-colored. Gilt edges and gold stamping on cover and spine.
General noteDate in roman numerals; title vignette.
General noteInitials; text in two columns.
General notePagination: 2 unnumbered leaves, 256 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 6 unnumbered pages, 227 pages, 3 unnumbered pages.
General noteEach part includes an illustrated title page. The first part, with title "Asie, livre premier", has the inappropriate subtitle (an inscription forming part of the architectural design of the t.p.): Novus atlas sinensis, a Martino Martinio ... descriptus .... This inscription appears again, correctly, as the title of the second part, which has also the half-title: "Chine, qui est le second livre de l'Asie."
General noteSignatures: [chi]³A-Z²(-B₂)Aa-Zzz² (-Aa₂)Aaa-Zzz² (-Aaa₂)Aaaa-Dddd²[pi]²*²**₁A-Z²(-T₂, -Y₂)Aa-Zz² (-Ee₂, -Qq₂)Aaa-Zzz² (-Kkk₂).
General noteOn spine: Tom: XI.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Jack and Mary Spain
References List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 3430 (2nd French edition)
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare vault copy gift of Jack and Mary Spain, 6/19/2024
LanguageText in French. Maps have titles, place names, etc. in Latin.