The world of a seventeenth-century collector: the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem: 7 (The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem of the Austrian National Library (8 Vols.)) - Hardcover

De Groot, Erlend

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ISBN 10: 9061943590 ISBN 13: 9789061943594

Verlag: Hes & De Graaf Publishers, 2006

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In dit kloeke boek behandelt De Groot gedetailleerd de atlas zelf, de context van de verzameltraditie en het leven van de eigenaar. Author: Roelof van Gelder Published On: 2007-01-26

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In The World of a Seventeenth-Century Collector, Erlend de Groot describes the life and works of the Dutch lawyer Laurens van der Hem (1621-1678) as the collector and composer of the famous Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem. He gives a unique insight in the relations of a collector and his decisions in collecting and composing his well-known 46 volumes copy of Blaeu's famous Atlas Major and placing the Atlas in its historical, cultural and artistic context. De Groot describes the life and family of Van der Hem, followed by chapters about the prints and drawings and an historical survey. Furthermore the assembly of the atlas and the contents and arangements of the atlas are described. He completes his work with accounts of the history of collector's atlases in the Netherlands and the purpose and significance of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem. The book is completed with a bibliography and indices of persons and of plates discussed in this work from the Atlas Blaeu-van der Hem.
Extend your series of the Catalogue of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem of the Austrian National Library. Illustrated and annotated catalogue, now with this additional 7th volume about the world of the collector Laurens van der Hem.

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• Verlag: Hes & De Graaf Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 9061943590
• ISBN 13: 9789061943594
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 395