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Barentsz, Willem.
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description
- Descriptio Maris Mediterranei, per tabulas hydrographicas & geographicas, A Gibraltar per Sinus Hispaniae, Galliae ac Regni Neapolitani ad Sinum Jaffae, Simul exhibens Mare Venetum, Sinus Puliae, Venetiae, Istriae, Sclavoniae, Graeciae ad Constantinopolim, ac littora Levanti & Barbariae: Additasque complectens Omnes Insulas, ut Ivicam, Majorcam, Minorcam, Corsicam, Sardiniam, Siciliam, Maltam, Corcyram Cephaleniam, Zante, omnes Archipelagi Insulas, Candiam & Cyprim... Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1654
- paper
Folio (430 x 310mm.), printed title with woodcut device, 26 mostly double-page engraved general and coastal charts or maps by or after Willem Barentsz, Joannes Janssonius, Gerard Mercator and others, the general chart with coastlines partially hand-coloured, seventeenth-century mottled calf, general folding map with slight printer's crease and strengthening at folds, 1 or 2 small spots, re-guarded, new endpapers
Literature
Koeman IV, M.Ja.4 citing 4 copies only
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Rare. Several of the charts in this atlas were printed from the plates originally issued by Willem Barentsz in 1595 in his rare Caertboeck vande Middelandtsche Zee and which Janssonius had reprinted without changes in 1626.
For this atlas ten charts were printed from existing plates, including the general chart Tabula partis Australis Europae. These plates were altered by cutting fresh title cartouches, inserting plate numbers, and removing sailing vessels and some of the compass roses.
Of the remaining charts and maps the most important is that of the eastern Mediterranean (Paskaarte van't oostelijscke deel vande Midde-landsche Zee). This rare chart, engraved by Abraham Goos, appears only in in the present work.