78/ 778 [Atlases]. Mees Azn., G. Historische atlas van Noord-Nederland van de XVI eeuw tot op heden. Rott., Verbruggen & Van Duym, 1865, (4),VII,(3),28p., 14 double-p. handcol. lithogr. maps, each w. 9 to 37 descript. text-p., orig. blindst. and giltlettered hmor., folio.

- Occas. sl. spotted/ stained/ soiled, mostly in blank margin; a few lvs. w. (repaired) tears; dedic. on first blank. Binding worn; backstrip dam.

= Koeman II, Mee 1 (p.274, erroneously 16 maps, corrected in Koeman VI, p.208); Phillips 3073. "G.M. Mees, a lawyer and historian, was the first to produce a historical atlas of the Netherlands. In the excellent and elaborate introduction dated 1851 he demonstrates a good understanding of the principles of cartography. In his atlas he has introduced for the first time a correct choropleth map of the Netherlands. The contents of the original Historical Atlas of 1865 is on a very high cartographical level. Mees, Eekhoff and Staring are considered the only three intelligent Dutch cartographers of the mid-nineteenth century." (Koeman VI, p.207-208).