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BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638). Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Amsterdam: c.1630.
A classic single-sheet world map on Mercator's projection, first issued by Willem Blaeu in 1606. It remained in circulation for 50 years and is ‘celebrated as one of the supreme examples of the map maker's art’ (Shirley). This is the 4th state with ‘Terra del Fuego’ now an island, ‘Fretum le Maire’ added and the title now concludes ‘auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.’ Shirley 255.
Engraved world map, fully coloured by a contemporary hand, image 405 x 543 mm (485 x 590 mm sheet). Within a border of allegorical representations of the sun and the moon and the five known planets, four panels along the side illustrate the elements and the seasons, and seven vignettes of the seven wonders of the world along the bottom, German text on verso. In an 18th-century gilt frame, glazed.
A classic single-sheet world map on Mercator's projection, first issued by Willem Blaeu in 1606. It remained in circulation for 50 years and is ‘celebrated as one of the supreme examples of the map maker's art’ (Shirley). This is the 4th state with ‘Terra del Fuego’ now an island, ‘Fretum le Maire’ added and the title now concludes ‘auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.’ Shirley 255.
Engraved world map, fully coloured by a contemporary hand, image 405 x 543 mm (485 x 590 mm sheet). Within a border of allegorical representations of the sun and the moon and the five known planets, four panels along the side illustrate the elements and the seasons, and seven vignettes of the seven wonders of the world along the bottom, German text on verso. In an 18th-century gilt frame, glazed.
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