[Belgium. Netherlands. Townbook. Janssonius] (Theatrum Urbium Celebriorum totius Belgii

sive Germaniae Inferioris) Pars Prior (-Pars Posterior). Amst., Johannes Janssonius, 1657. W. half-titles: Urbium totius Belgii seu Germaniae Inferioris nobiliorum, & illustriorum tabulae antiquae & novae accuratissime elaboratae. Pars prior (-Pars posterior). (2 parts in 1 vol.). Folio. Contemp. vellum binding w. blindst. centerpiece and cl. ties, Engr. title-p., letter press title-p., Praefacio and 56 (from 61) plans for the 1st part. Engr, title-p., letter press title-p. and 52 plans for the 2nd part. Town plans or bird's-eye views of a.o.: Brabant; Gelderland; Flanders; Artois; Hainaut; and Namur in "Pars Prior", and of a.o.: Holland; Zeeland; Utrecht; Friesland; Overijssel; and Groningen in "Pars posterior", index for both parts bound at end of part 2.

Lacking 5 plans: Antwerp nova pl. (E); Antwerp descriptio (E2); Breda nova pl. (O); Buscam ducis etc. (Q); and Herderwicia descriptio (Ee2). Also lacking both engr. title-p. and letterpress title-p. of part 2. The Nijmegen plan (after B&H) replaced by a copy without text verso. Some plans w. sm. tears repaired w. sellotape, left half of plan of the Hague (Ff) loose, other half repaired w. sellotape, sl. waterst. to upper right corner in part 2 (not affecting plans/ text), sl. foxing. Janssonius acquired the plates of F. Hogenberg's "Civitates orbis terrarum" that were mostly unaltered, and incorporated them in his town atlases. In the index at the end of part 2 these were referred to as "vetus pl." unless being altered, amended or reworked, in which case the index mentions "novus pl." For Dutch cities, he ordered newly engr. copperplates after Blaeu's orig., after A. van Slichtenhorst or M. Zeiler. The index refers to these as "novus pl." as well. Ref.: Koeman-vanderKrogt. Atl. Neerl. IV-1 p. 267-271.