LIVONIA Vulgo Lyefland, 1662–1665

Joan Blaeu (publisher): “LIVONIA Vulgo Lyefland,” Amsterdam, 48 x 37 cm./ 15.125 x 19.5 inches, in five versions (the best images are the first and fifth ones): two from 1662, and a third from 1664, the c1662-65 and 1665 from “Atlas Maior, Sive Cosmographia Blauiana,” Volume 2 of 11. Published in French, Dutch, German, and Spanish; the Latin version was also sold with V. 1 dated 1665 and V. 2-11 dated 1662. The atlas is considered by many to be the greatest atlas ever published, both in its own time and even today.