HONDIUS HENRICUS Nova Virginiae Tabula

Sale 1974 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 1,495

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

HONDIUS, HENRICUS. Nova Virginiae Tabula. Double-page engraved map, 385x495 mm, wide margins, Dutch text on verso; nicely hand-colored in outline, with topographical elements additionally colored; fold reinforced in bottom margin. Amsterdam, 1642

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"This is Henricus Hondius' derivative of John Smith's highly important map of Virginia, 1612. It is, however, drawn from his deceased brother Jodocus' version of 1618 . . . Attractively engraved, it is the only Smith derivative to bear an Indian facing the Chesapeake Bay"--Burden 228; Verner, Smith's Virginia and its Derivatives, Derivative 5.