Description: Amstelaedamensi, A Ioanne Blaev[=J. Blaeu], [ca. 1649]. 2 Vols. (without pagination). With 2 different engraved title-leaves (both with letterpress title printed on a paper slip pasted on the engraving), resp. 135 & 96 engravings (dep. resp. 186 & 143 maps, plans or views) & a few (engraved/ woodcut) text-ills. Large folio, 17th-cent. unif. gilt panelled overlapping vellum with large gilt ornament central on both covers, gilt spine, all edges gilt. (2x) ? Koeman Bl 66 & Bl 67 (vol. I, pp. 316-323). Complete set of the third Latin edition of magnificent town-books published by the Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu (ca. 1598-1673). Both vols. correspond exactly with the collation by Koeman, but the title of vol. I lacks the words “Liberae Ac”, the extensive Latin text of 6 divisional titles in vol. II are shortened to resp. “Brabantia Dvcatvs”, “Limbvrgvm Dvcatvs”, “Lvtzembvrgvm Dvcatvs”, “Flandria Comitatvs”, “Artesia Comitatvs” & “Hannonia Comitatvs” and both vols. have no pagination. Koeman lists resp. 128 & 95 engravings, but actually the number is 135 & 96 engravings (resp. printed on 112 double- & 23 single-leaves in vol. I and 86 double- & 10 single-leaves in vol. II). Vol. I with the bird’s-eye plan of Medemblik (not listed in the index), 3 large-sized panoramic views (“Cvria Hollandiae Exterior”, ca. 41,5 x 52,5 cm.; “Cvria Hollandiae Interior”, ca. 39 x 53 cm. & “Cvrrvs Veliferi [..]”, ca. 43 x 56,5 cm.) & num. beautiful bird’s-eye plans of i.a. Alkmaar, Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Bergen op Zoom, Bolsward, Breda, Brielle, Culemborg, Delft, Deventer, Dokkum, Dordrecht, Emden, Enkhuizen, Franeker, Gorinchem, Gouda, Grave, ’s-Gravenhage, Groningen, Haarlem, Harderwijk, Harlingen, Hasselt, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Heusden, Hoorn, Kampen, Leeuwarden, Leiden, Maastricht, Medemblik, Middelburg, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Schiedam, Schoonhoven, Sneek, Stavoren, Tholen, Tiel, Utrecht, Veere, Vlissingen, Vollenhoven, Zaltbommel, Zierikzee, Zutphen & Zwolle. Vol. II with 1 folding plan printed on 2 leaves (“Legia, sive Leodivm; vulgo, Liege”, ca. 43,5 x 80,5 cm.), 1 engraving “Arcis Antverpiensis Ichnographia” printed on verso of the engr. view “Domvs Hansae Tevtonicae In Vrbe Antverpiensi. Het Oostershuis t’Antwerpen”, several panoramic views (i.a. “Cvria Brabantiae. La Cour de Brusselles”, ca. 41 x 52,5 cm.; “Domvs Senatoria Vrbis Antverpiae”, ca. 39 x 53 cm. & “Lvcebvrgvm”, ca. 42,5 x 52 cm.) & num. beautiful bird’s-eye plans of i.a. Aalst, Aken, Antwerpen, Arras, Bergen, Breda, Brugge, Brussel, Cambrai, Dendermonde, Dinant, Doornik, Douai, Duinkerken, Gent, Geraardsbergen, Grevelingen, Hoei, Ieper, Kassel, Kortrijk, Leuven, Lier, Lille, Luik, Luxemburg, Mechelen, Menen, Namen, Nieuwpoort, Oostende, Roermond, Sint-Winoksbergen, Steenvoorde, Tienen, Valenciennes, Venlo, Veurne & Wakken. ? With small defects (bindings sl. soiled/ stained, spine-ends sl. dam./ restored, backstrip of vol. II sl. dam. (partly repaired), both vols. lack ties & both free end-papers, both title-leaves cropped to the borderline & mounted on first free end-paper, a few leaves with small tear in outer blank margins (repaired with paper or tape), sl. foxed/ browned (a few leaves severely), occ. sl. soiled/ waterstained in outer blank margins), but nevertheless a good set printed on LARGE PAPER (ca. 55 x 36 cm.).