Blaeu’s Map of Elba

This is the Tuscan island of Elba, a map newly added to the ‘Atlas Novus’ in 1640.

Koeman records that it was first published in the French text edition of the same year.

Condition & Materials

Copper engraving, sheet size 49.5 x 30 cm, map 20 x 25.5 cm, modern hand colour, set within Latin text with further text on verso.

References

Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 36A.