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Frederick de Wit (1630-1706)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula, Amsterdam: 1660. Handcoloured engraved twin-hemisphere world map, 2 celestial spheres in upper border, north and south polar projections and astronomical diagrams, allegorical figures representing the four elements, garlands of fruit and flowers (trimmed to engraved frame at side borders, a few short marginal tears, minor repairs at centrefold, one corner grazed, some very light spotting), 432 x 550mm., framed and glazed. Schilder 82; Shirley 421: "Especially when richly coloured, De Wit's map is one of the most decorative standard-size maps of the time and is much less commonly found than his three other atlas world maps ..."; Wagner 385a.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula, Amsterdam: 1660. Handcoloured engraved twin-hemisphere world map, 2 celestial spheres in upper border, north and south polar projections and astronomical diagrams, allegorical figures representing the four elements, garlands of fruit and flowers (trimmed to engraved frame at side borders, a few short marginal tears, minor repairs at centrefold, one corner grazed, some very light spotting), 432 x 550mm., framed and glazed. Schilder 82; Shirley 421: "Especially when richly coloured, De Wit's map is one of the most decorative standard-size maps of the time and is much less commonly found than his three other atlas world maps ..."; Wagner 385a.
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