BLAEU,WILLEM JANSZ. Skelton,R.A. (introd.). — The light of navigation.

At Amsterdam, Printed by William Iohnson, 1612 [reprint Amsterdam, N. Israel, Publisher / Meridian Publishing Co., 1964]. 2 vols in 1. XIII,[58],114,[1], 118,[1] pp. B./w. ills, incl. 41 fold. charts. Orig. hardcover (gilt letterd gray cloth). Oblong 4to. - Laking the dust jacket; hinges sl. weak. (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Series of atlases in facsimile, First series, Vol. 6). Facsimile edition of Blaeu's "The Light of Navigation. [Wherein are lively pourtrayed all the coasts and Havens of the West, North and East Seas ...]" (Amsterdam, 1612), the English edition of Blaeu's "Het licht der zee-vaert" (1608). - With an introduction (biographical note) by R.A. Skelton.