Dec 08, 2015 - Sale 2401

Sale 2401 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
VINGBOONS, JOAN. Caarte van Westindien, Soo Vaste Landen als Eylanden. Hand-colored engraved folding map of the Caribbean and surrounding areas. 520x725 mm, margins just at platemark or neatline on all sides; original outline hand-color; overall a beautiful example, verdigris oxidation in very few places has led to clean splits, top and bottom margins reinforced on verso. (JS) Amsterdam: Valk & Schenk, [circa 1700]

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"This extremely rare chart of the West Indies by Joan Vingboons is known by only three examples." -- Burden 314, state 2 "Joan Vinc:Boons fecit et excudit".