Composite Atlas. 63 Geographical maps on double pages, engraved in copper on laid paper. Paris, first half of the 17th century. In-folio. 440x277 mm. Havana half leather binding and beige hardback, label with gold title on the spine. The maps are mounted on guards. The first map, with the World Map of Jodocus Hondius restored with two parts missing. Ancient handwritten manuscript index with titles in French. Some maps with traces of use and small stains on the margins. Two small repaired wormholes on most plates. Overall good copy. Important collection of rare geographical maps, printed in Paris in the years from 1635 to 1652. The maps are by the most important cartographers and map publishers of the time: Jean Boisseau, Cornelis Danckerts, Pierre Duval, Jacques Honervogt, Jean Le Clerc, Henri Le Roi, Michel Van Lochom, Christophe / Nicolas Tassin, Pierre Mariette, Salomon Rogers, Fernando Alvares Seco, Jean Tarde, Melchior Tavernier, Damien de Templeux.Jean Boisseau's map "Description de la Nouvelle France ..."; in the very rare first state of 1643 is of particular importance: this is the first map to illustrate and name all five Great Lakes (Burden, 261; Kershaw, Canada 83); by Boisseau there are also, among others, the maps of Crete (1645), of the Holy Land (1637), Switzerland (1742). Furthermore, of considerable importance, the map of Scandinavia and the Baltic regions, published separately in 1644.The collection opens with the Map of the World "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydpographica Tabula"; by Jodocus Hondius, in Pierre Mariette's edition of 1642; by J. Hondius there are also the four Continents, Europe, America, Asia and Africa, published by Mariette in 1650. We also highlight the rare maps by Pierre Duval, by Henri Le Roi, by Christophe / Nicolas Tassin, by Melchior Tavernier. Upon request, we have the complete list of maps.