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"Atlas Historique. Tome IV. Septentrio" title-page engraving

Authors: Jan Goeree (1670–1731)
Jacob Schynvoet
Jan Sluyter
A publishing house of the Chatelains (XVII–XVIII c.)
Created:1714
Material:paper
Dimensions:48 × 29 cm

The Chatelains' publishing house in 17051720 in Amsterdam published the encyclopedia Atlas historique in 7 volumes (its second edition in 1732–1739). Map engravings were based on the works of Guillaume De L’Isle. The Atlas included 5 engraved frontispieces and 280 engraved plates with the information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and costumes of the world; 114 maps and plans plus views, heraldic and genealogical charts. The fourth volume covering Northern Europe included two maps of Poland-Lithuania, a Lithuanistic map reflecting marches of King XII of Sweden, a sheet with images of Warsaw, Krakow and Vilnius, a genealogical chart of kings of Poland and some other maps.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album LITUANIA IN ATLANTIBUS (2011). Text author Algimantas Muzikevičius