Lot 294
  • 294

[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. 

Provenance

The Old Print Shop (label)

Literature

Shirley, 451

Catalogue Note

"One of the most attractive of its time" (Shirley)