Lot 129
  • 129

Blaeu, Johannes

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • paper
Americae nova tabula. [Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1645]



Double-page engraved map, folio (16 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.; 412 x 552 mm), hand-colored, text in Dutch on verso; mended at central fold, a few small rust spots. Matted, glazed, and framed in a double-sided frame.

Literature

Burden 189

Condition

mended at central fold, a few small rust spots. Matted, glazed, and framed in a double-sided frame.
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Catalogue Note

Blaeu's classic carte-à-figures of the Americas and one that sums up the general European view of the western hemisphere in the early seventeenth century.