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print_484
title
Atlas Minor Sive Totius Orbis Terrarum Contracta Delineat Ex Conatibus
maker
Gerard de Lairesse delin & scul for Nic. Visscher.
date
Appr. 1680
size
39,4 x 25,9 Cm.
technique
Copper-Plate Engraving
condition
Fine. A sharp and richly printed title page. Good margins except for left-hand margin which is shorter. Some marginal waterstains, and a repaired tear just touching the plate edge. Verso blank.
signature
In full, at a rolled sheet of paper in the image.
colouring
Uncoloured, printed in bistre/ sanguine
description
A finely designed allegorical Atlas Title page made by Gerard de Lairesse, for Nicolaas Visscher's "Atlas Minor". With Atlas, 2 females, one is sketching, some surveyors tools and a lion, as well as part of a globe, showing [a.o.] Africa. Printed in bistre, not dated.
ouvre
Not Examined
watermark
No Watermark Present
price
445
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