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idmap_8
title"Novus Planiglobii Terrestris Per Utrumque Polum Conspectus"
makerJoan Blaeu & Gerard Valck.
date(Ca.) 1695
size400 x 535 mm.
conditionA good impression. Fine old colouring, green oxydised,(some expertly executed reinforcements], very professionally rebacked. Broad margins, .
colouringFine period handcolouring.
descriptionSee at length: Shirley # 459 . Probably a separate publication. A very handsome map in an attractive Polar projection. A true gem of the xviith. Century, Dutch mapmakers art.Scores a high rating in Shirley`s "Rarity Index" This is the very last map Blaeu was working on, but, he never used it.... The erased signature of Blaeu still faintly visible.
 
price 5.500
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