id | map_8 |
title | "Novus Planiglobii Terrestris Per Utrumque Polum Conspectus" |
maker | Joan Blaeu & Gerard Valck. |
date | (Ca.) 1695 |
size | 400 x 535 mm. |
condition | A good impression. Fine old colouring,
green oxydised,(some expertly executed reinforcements], very professionally rebacked. Broad margins, . |
colouring | Fine period handcolouring. |
description | See 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. |
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price | 5.500 |
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