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HUTTICH, Johann (?1480-1544). Novus Orbis Regionum ac insularum verteribus incognitarum. Paris: Antoine Augerelle, for Jean Petit, 8 Nov 1532.
2° (310 x 205mm). Title with woodcut printer's device of Jean Petit, folding woodcut map of the world by Oronce Fine. (Lower margin of map close cut, left blank margin slightly shaved and with extended margin, occasional light spotting to text.) 18th-century vellum, lettered in ink on spine 'Variorum Geographia' and 'Grynaeus Novus Orbis 94'. Morocco backed cloth box, morocco title labels. Provenance: Carolus Bartolomeus Ranasius Cremonensis (near contemporary inscription on title); Additionally inscribed at upper margin in an 18th-century hand 'No 94 Variorum Auctorum'.
AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF HUTTICH'S GEOGRAPHY WITH THE RARE WORLD MAP BY ORONCE FINE. Fine's double-cordiform projection is a modification of Werner's cordiform. This new form of double polar projections went on to be used by Mercator in his 1538 world map and by Lafreri in 1560 and is a logical departure from the speculative geography of Waldseemüller and Ruysch. It is both an interesting and attractive way of showing the known world at this time. Fine names the lower Pacific Mare Magellanium, the first appearance of Magellan's name on a map. The definition of the Antarctic land mass is surprisingly accurate given the lack of any knowledge of the region. The definition of the west coast of Mexico is one of the earliest to show the discoveries of Cortes. Shirley 66 (world map); Adams G1336.
2° (310 x 205mm). Title with woodcut printer's device of Jean Petit, folding woodcut map of the world by Oronce Fine. (Lower margin of map close cut, left blank margin slightly shaved and with extended margin, occasional light spotting to text.) 18th-century vellum, lettered in ink on spine 'Variorum Geographia' and 'Grynaeus Novus Orbis 94'. Morocco backed cloth box, morocco title labels. Provenance: Carolus Bartolomeus Ranasius Cremonensis (near contemporary inscription on title); Additionally inscribed at upper margin in an 18th-century hand 'No 94 Variorum Auctorum'.
AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF HUTTICH'S GEOGRAPHY WITH THE RARE WORLD MAP BY ORONCE FINE. Fine's double-cordiform projection is a modification of Werner's cordiform. This new form of double polar projections went on to be used by Mercator in his 1538 world map and by Lafreri in 1560 and is a logical departure from the speculative geography of Waldseemüller and Ruysch. It is both an interesting and attractive way of showing the known world at this time. Fine names the lower Pacific Mare Magellanium, the first appearance of Magellan's name on a map. The definition of the Antarctic land mass is surprisingly accurate given the lack of any knowledge of the region. The definition of the west coast of Mexico is one of the earliest to show the discoveries of Cortes. Shirley 66 (world map); Adams G1336.
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