Blaeu Osnabrück

Willem Blaeu.
Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Auctore Ioanne Gigante.
Amsterdam, c.1630, blank verso. 370 x 480mm. Fine original colour. Split in lower centrefold repaired.
£295
The region around Osnabrück, decorated with a title cartouche featuring a prospect of the city, an inset map, dedication cartouche and armorials. This map was one of Blaeu's first atlas maps, appearing in his first Appendix in 1630: certainly the blank verso of this example points to a pre-atlas issue. KOEMAN: Bl 1. BLAE0064