(EARLY EXPLORATION) Crispijn van de Passe Early engraved por

Jun 12 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2708 -

Terms & Conditions

Sale 2708 - Lot 224

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(EARLY EXPLORATION.) Crispijn van de Passe. Early engraved portrait of Christopher Columbus. Engraving, 5 x 3¼ inches, captioned in border "Primus Novarum Terrarum Detector Christophorus Columbus Genuensis," with lines of biography in Latin below; trimmed within plate mark, tipped to mat board, with gilt overmat above. [Amsterdam, 1598]

Request Condition Report Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

Columbus is shown with a sextant and gold chain, reflecting his role in the discovery of the New World and its riches. One of 25 plates from Passe's 1598 book "Effigies regum ac principum."

Also in This Catalogue

Lot 5

(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Eugene K. Sturdevant, photographer. Promenade card of Geronimo during the first weeks of his imprisonment in Texas.

Estimate $600 - $ 900
Lot 6

(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Boorne & May, photographers. Indian Sun Dance: Preparing for the Ordeal.

Estimate $600 - $ 900
Lot 22

(ARCHITECTURE.) Carte-de-visite portrait of the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, of Central Park fame.

Estimate $600 - $ 900