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Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover with dustjacket. viii,252 pp.: map, tables; 24 cm. Text in English. Very good. 700g.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. The Blaeu Atlas of Scotland (2006) is a finely produced modern edition of one of the most important cartographic works ever devoted to Scotland, originally compiled in the mid-17th century by the Dutch mapmaker Joan Blaeu. Based on the celebrated Atlas Novus and drawing heavily on the pioneering surveys of Timothy Pont, the atlas presents Scotland in extraordinary detail, combining geographical accuracy with rich decorative engraving. Issued in a strictly limited edition of 600 copies, this volume reflects the enduring significance of Blaeu's work as both a landmark of early modern cartography and a visual record of Scotland's landscape, settlements, and regional identities at a formative moment in its history. The Blaeu Atlas of Scotland; Scotland from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus Pars Quinta, Published by Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1654. Published by Birlinn in association with National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2006. Hand numbered limited edition 62/600. Includes a full translation of the original Latin text into English by Ian Cunningham. Other contributors include T.C. Smout, Michael Anderson, Charles W.J. Withers, and Christopher Fleet. First edition, thus. A fine hardback with green cloth spine and printed laminated paper over boards. All bright, clean and soundly bound. Housed in a very good slipcase - fully intact with light shelf wear and rubbing. The maps are beautifully presented in this impressive work. Text in English. 240pp. Dimensions: Large folio approximately 475mm high x 302mm wide x 40mm deep (in slipcase). Weight: Approximately 3.6kg. A heavy book, but no extra postage payable, other than that indicated. Joan Blaeu (illustrator).…

Tankobon Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. Japanese language. 8.35x5.98x1.42 inches. In Stock.

orig.cloth. 24x15cm, 232 pp., Series: Proceedings of the British Academy, 78. Contains 12 papers. Includes: Victorian Values in Scotland & England; Victorian Values & the Upper Classes; Thomas Chalmers & the Victorian Ideal in Victorian Scotland; I Suppose You Are Not a Baptist of a Roman Catholic? Nonconformity's True Conformity; Goodness & Goods: Victorian Literature & Values for the Middle Class Reader; Darwinism & Victorian Values: Threat or Opportunity; Medieval Values in a Commercial Age; Victorian Values & the Founders of the Welfare State; The Workhouse; Victorian Values & Women in Public & Private; etc. Minor rubbing. Name on flyleaf. VG. …