May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 15

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(ARCTIC.) Theodor de Bry; after Willem Barentsz. Deliniatio Cartae Trium Navigationum per Batavos ad Septentrionalem Plagem Norvegia Moscovia et Nova Zembla... Engraved map of the Arctic Circle including Greenland, Iceland, and the polar coasts of Europe and Asia illustrated with the track of Barentsz's voyage searching for the Northwest Passage, rich carto-ornamentation, and several fictional island locations. 12x14½ inches sheet size, ample margins, the top untrimmed with deckle edge; folds as issued, scattered foxing, areas of left margin neatly reinstated not affecting printed image. Frankfurt, [1601]