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idprint_31
title Atlas Title Page
makerJ.Blaeu
date1659
size41 x 27,5 cm.
techniqueEngraving
conditionA well preserved, exquisitely contemporary coloured engraving, heightened with gold. Some marginal worming, but a very fresh, bright example
signatureIn letterpress: "A costa en Casa de juan Blaeu"
colouringPeriod colur heightened with gold.
descriptionA superbly crafted title page from the "Atlas Maior" The "Chef d'oevre" of the Blaeu dynasty. An Ionic portico with celestial and terrestrial globes. To the left is Ptolemy,with a sphere and divider, to the rigt, Marinus, with a map. Title panel to be pasted in with the language of the atlas.
ouvreNew Koeman pp.473 (with Dutch text label)2:641-2
watermarkNot examined.
 
price 490
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