May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 125,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 60,000 - $ 90,000
DONCKER, HENDRIK. De Zee-Atlas Ofte Water-Waereld Vertoonende all de Zee-Kusten Van het bekende Deel des Aerd-Bodems, Met een generale beschrijvinge van dien. Seer dienstigh vooralle Schippers en Stuurlieden; mitsgaders Koop-lieden om op't Kantoor gebruykt te werden Nieuwelijks aldus uytgegeven. 31 hand-colored engraved maps; hand-colored engraved title, and [2], 24 pages of preliminary text. Folio, 510x310 mm, contemporary calf rebacked to style, front hinge internally reinforced; maps hand-colored and heightened with gold; first two leaves probably supplied, maps backed with contemporary paper, as issued, and tab-mounted, endpapers and blanks renewed, scattered light soiling, and few marginal wormholes expertly filled. Amsterdam: Hendrik Doncker, 1660 [but circa 1665]

Additional Details

Two charts dated up to 1665. Charts correspond to Koeman Don 9A, which calls varyingly for 30, 31, or 32 maps.