May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 218

Unsold
Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
VISSCHER, NICHOLAS; et al. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex connatibus. 125 hand-colored engraved maps, mostly double-page and some folding. Hand-colored engraved title. Folio, 19th century vellum; some plates with tears to folds or edges, a few maps loose at beginning, some with repairs on verso, some soiling, title loose, mounted and with marginal chipping, a few maps backed on linen, map of Normandie with large hole, map of Zutphaniae Comitatus with small hole. sold as is. Amsterdam: ex officina Nicolai Visscher, [circa 1698]

Additional Details

A large 17th century Dutch composite atlas featuring some good American content, including Visscher's Novi Belgii and Jansson's America Septentrionalis.