[Diogo Homem]; Peter Barber

The Queen Mary Atlas [Limited Edition]

London: The Folio Society, 2005. Fine. Item #45001

London: The Folio Society, 2005. Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies, this being #608. Two volumes; elephant folio and tall octavo; elephant folio volume bound in full-grain aniline-finish calf leather blocked with a design by David Eccles; octavo volume bound in maroon gilt-lettered cloth with paper title label mounted to front; the set housed in original maroon cloth clamshell box [62x43.5cm]; 24ll; 87pp. Full color facsimile reproductions; printed on Furioso paper. Bump to top corner of clamshell case, else a fine example of a lovely set, reproducing the maps commissioned by Queen Mary I, likely for her husband Philip II of Spain and executed by Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem.

Price: $850.00