Dec 03, 2009 - Sale 2198

Sale 2198 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
BLAEU, WILLEM. Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. Double-page engraved map, 390x505 mm, wide margins, Dutch text on verso; hand-colored in outline; very slightly toned; framed. Amsterdam, 1642
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Said to be the prototype for later maps using beavers, bears, etc. Burden dates this map at 1642 based on the "E" signature on the verso--Burden 241. McCorkle 1635.1.