Jun 07, 2012 - Sale 2280

Sale 2280 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 960
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
HERRERA / TORQUEMADA. Descripcíon de las Yndias Ocidentales. Engraved folding map, 235x325 mm, wide margins; land masses with outline color, oceans entirely colored. Madrid, 1723
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Map originally appeared in 1601 and went through subsequesnt editions. It was used by both De Bry and Hulsius in a smaller format. This copy comes from Torquemada's Libros Rituales. It differs from earlier versions in that it has a diagram of climate zones in the lower left. Burden 140.