Atlas Maior - Reviews
"The reprint of The Atlas Maior is stunning: it`s a massive 42-centimeters high and its colorful, hand-drawn maps are printed on heavy paper. Truly a tribute to one of history`s finest atlases."Dr's Review, TorontoCanada |
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"In its original edition 340 years ago, the Atlas Maior was among the first collections of maps since the 2nd Century to illustrate geography in a new, literal, and detailed way. Elephants and apes, armadillos and sea monsters cavorted across its pages. Ships set sail on parchment seas and script scattered over all surfaces in such flourish as to be illegible. Those who pay $200 to own the book`s new edition today will find places that aren`t around anymore, or at least not as they were 34 decades ago. I dare you to find Kremlenagrad, Bohemia, Mandinga, Persia, Magellanica, New Spain, or the Costa de Cafres in any contemporary atlas."The Chicago Tribune, ChicagoUnited States |
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"The largest and most expensive book published in the 17th century is one of the largest and most expensive gift books published in time for the Christmas season 2005―Atlas Maior of 1665, prepared and published by the Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu. The 593-pages reprint a hand-colored copy of the atlas that is in the national library of Austria; it is gorgeous, heavy, and fascinating."Boston Globe, BostonUnited States |
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"The Atlas Maior of 1665 is a stunningly lavish reproduction of Joan Blaeu`s masterwork (950,000 copperplates were used in making the original editions published in Latin, French, Dutch and Spanish)."The New York Times Book Review, New YorkUnited States |
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"Gigantissime, sublimissime! Cet atlas achevé en 1662 nous invite à parcourir d`anciennes contrées, une terre d`autant plus attachante qu`elle n`est pas encore tout à fait la nôtre. Atlas de référence pendant plus d`un siècle, il est l`un de ces ouvrages rares et précieux à offrir ou s`offrir, que l`on soit bibliophile, historien, géographe, passionné ou même néophyte."Le Soir Magazine, BruxellesBelgium |
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"¿Quieres tener en tus manos el libro más caro que se ditó en el siglo XVII? Se trata de una obra maestra de la cartografía que el holandés Joan Bleau publicó entre 1662 y 1665. TASCHEN te lo trae ahora para que elo disfrutes en los mapas del mundo de aquella época."Elle, MadridSpain |
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"Precioso atlas barroco con numerosos desplegables multicolores."ABC, MadridSpain |
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"Im Zeitalter der Google-Maps und Internet-Routenplaner wirkt der Atlas Maior wie ein Straßenkreuzer der fünfziger Jahre unter japanischen Kleinwagen … Die ganze Welt in einem Werk – selig das Zeitalter, das noch diesen Ehrgeiz hatte!"Der Spiegel, HamburgGermany |
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"Die 594 Karten, die die gesamte damals bekannte Welt abbilden, sind jetzt in einem XXL-Band hochwertig faksimiliert und fachmännisch erläutert. Zahllos sind die Details, die hier oft herausgehoben sind: Stadtansichten und Stadtpläne, figürliche Darstellungen aus der Mythologie, Menschen in der Mode der Zeit, technisches Gerät und Wappen. Wir wandern durch eine Welt, über die die Zeit hinweggegangen ist."Focus, HamburgGermany |
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"Wenn wir jemanden wirklich lieben, dann wollen wir ihm selbstverständlich die Welt zu Füßen legen. Das geht – mit dem atemberaubenden Nachdruck des Atlas Maior, der in barocker Pracht die gesamte bekannte Welt des 17.Jahrhunderts abbildet."Brigitte, HamburgGermany |
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Atlas Maior
Van der Krogt, Dr. Peter / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien
Hardcover 11.4 x 17.3 in., 626 pages, $ 200.00 |
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