Dec 17, 2020 - Sale 2555

Sale 2555 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 23,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
BLAEU, JOHANNES. Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula. Double-page engraved double-hemispheric map of the world with elaborate allegorical spandrel decoration. 20 1/2x24 inches sheet size, wide margins, Latin text on verso; fine original hand-color; vertical crease at center fold but no real flaws or restorations. Amsterdam, 1662

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A prize example of one of the most striking 17th-century Dutch world maps. Shirley 428.