- 87
Visscher, Nicolas
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
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Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula. [Amsterdam: after 1679]
Engraved map of the world (19 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.; 503 x 590 mm) in two hemispheres, with inset polar hemispheres, map colored in outline, spandrel ornamentation of zodiacal and other celestial figures handcolored; paper somewhat browned, center fold strengthened with tissue on verso mending fold-tears in upper and lower margin and affecting one letter of a place name off the coast of Brazil, neat crease in lower center leading to another mended tear in lower margin, a few light smudges from blue color in lower margin, small tear in lower right and upper right blank corner mended.
Engraved map of the world (19 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.; 503 x 590 mm) in two hemispheres, with inset polar hemispheres, map colored in outline, spandrel ornamentation of zodiacal and other celestial figures handcolored; paper somewhat browned, center fold strengthened with tissue on verso mending fold-tears in upper and lower margin and affecting one letter of a place name off the coast of Brazil, neat crease in lower center leading to another mended tear in lower margin, a few light smudges from blue color in lower margin, small tear in lower right and upper right blank corner mended.
Literature
Shirley 486, plate 354
Catalogue Note
Later state of a map very similar geographically to Visscher's more common world map of 1658 (Shirley 406), but the elaborate surrounding decoration has been completely changed. The map occurs in Visscher atlases which can be dated from around 1680, but this later state, with the privilege below the title, appeared in Van Keulen's 1695 atlas.