Dec 04, 2008 - Sale 2165

Sale 2165 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 3,185
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
SCHENK and VALK. Belgii Novi Angliae Novae et partis Virginiae. Double-page engraved map, 445x520 mm, wide margins; beautifully hand-colored; slightest toning along fold. Amsterdam, circa 1694

Additional Details

Taken from the second state of the Janssonius map of 1650, with the dedication to de Raet lower center. Schenk and Valk purchased the plate at an Amsterdam auction in 1694 and altered the plate to include their names. McCorkle 650.1 [note]; Burden 305 (referring to this printing as the third state); Fite and Freeman 39.