Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DANCKERTS, JUSTUS. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula. Hand-colored double-page engraved double-hemispheric world map. 20 3/4x24 inches sheet size, ample margins; light mat stain, archivally lined stabilizing several small marginal tears and center fold, small area of lower polar projection expertly replaced in ink facsimile. Amsterdam, circa 1680

Additional Details

First state of Danckerts' highly decorative world map directly based on Frederick de Wit's original version of 1668. The four elements are allegorically represented with fire as war; air as the heavens; water with ships, mermaids, a whale and Neptune; and earth as agriculture. Shirley 495.