Jun 03, 2014 - Sale 2352

Sale 2352 - Lot 138

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
WIT, FREDERICK de. Nova Totius Americae Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of the Americas, 445x560 mm, trimmed to neatline in places, verso blank; hand-colored; toned, edges chipped affecting image, numerous repairs on verso. sold as is. Amsterdam, 1660

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Ferderick de Wit's first map of America, here in Burden's first state. "Together with its desirability as an example of carte et figures, it is relatively uncommon." - Burden, 356.1.