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[World Map] - Frederick de Wit
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Nova orbis tabula, in lucem edita, A.F. de Wit. Amsterdam, [c. 1670].
- Ink and paper
Sheet: 25 x 22 3/8 in.; 633 x 565 mm.
Double-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map with 2 smaller polar spheres and allegorical vignettes, hand-coloured.
Tear restored on the right margin not affecting the map, and inlaid for inclusion in a contemporary atlas, reinforcement at fold.
Double-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map with 2 smaller polar spheres and allegorical vignettes, hand-coloured.
Tear restored on the right margin not affecting the map, and inlaid for inclusion in a contemporary atlas, reinforcement at fold.
Provenance
The Old Print Shop (label)
Literature
Shirley, 451
Catalogue Note
"One of the most attractive of its time" (Shirley)