[15] pp. Additional engraved title page with hand coloring; 18 double page hand-colored engraved maps, interleaved with blank leaves (now containing manuscript notes in an early hand). (Folio) 31.3x21 cm. (12½x8¼), period half calf and paste-paper boards. First and Only Edition.

One of the earliest school atlases to use a system of letters on blank maps that are coded to a separate key list. The method was based on a system formulated by Johann Hubner and adapted by Homann. Includes 4 celestial maps illustrating the systems of Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe, Copernicus and Descartes. On the map of the America's California is shown as an island. With the hand-drawn arms of the Swiss cartographic family of Schnyder de Wartensee on the front pastedown. Copious manuscript notations in an early hand on blank leaves throughout.