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VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1649-1702) and Frederick DE WIT (1629/30 - 1706). Composite Atlas. Amsterdam: Visscher and others, ca. 1685.
2o (515 x 328 mm). 44 double-page engraved maps (9 by Visscher, 20 by de Wit, 2 by Philip Lea and 13 others). ALL FINELY COLORED IN OUTLINE BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. (A few minor repairs, one additional map of Greece not colored, slight cracking to color in map of Ethiopia.) 19th-century vellum, spine ink-lettered.
A VERY FINE COMPOSITE ATLAS BY VISSCHER AND DE WIT, composed of numerous maps by Visscher and de Wit, both at the apex of their careers. Atlases of this period frequently varied in composition according to the customer's request. The assemblage here follows a natural geographical order ending up with the Americas. It includes fine maps of the world (Shirley 406), Florida and Cuba by Visscher, Europe, Asia, Africa and America (Burden 465: state 2 ca. 1678) by de Wit, two maps of Jamaica on one sheet and one of Barbados by Philip Lea. Other cartographers include: Laurenberg, Randolph, Allardt, and Jansson. Visscher's magnificent Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula is one of the most highly decorated world maps. Its border of the four elements of fire, air, water and earth is fully colored and incorporates two insets of the polar regions. California as an island, and the Great Lakes are beginning to show. "Nicolaes Visscher's new world map in two hemispheres can be regarded as the master forerunner of a number of highly decorative Dutch world maps produced throughout the remainder of the century" (Shirley). The maps of Philip Lea are VERY RARE. The two maps of Jamaica are titled "A Generall Map of the Contenant and Islands which are Adjacent to Jamaica," which includes insets of: "The English Empire," (showing the British colonies including Pennsylvania); and "A New Mapp of the Island of Jamaica," with inset entitled: "A New Draught of Port Royal by Anthony Williams." London, n.d. ca. 1685. Pritchard & Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude, 74 ("Custis Atlas"); Printed Maps of the West Indies, Jamaica, 31. See Koeman Wit 3 and 4.
2o (515 x 328 mm). 44 double-page engraved maps (9 by Visscher, 20 by de Wit, 2 by Philip Lea and 13 others). ALL FINELY COLORED IN OUTLINE BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. (A few minor repairs, one additional map of Greece not colored, slight cracking to color in map of Ethiopia.) 19th-century vellum, spine ink-lettered.
A VERY FINE COMPOSITE ATLAS BY VISSCHER AND DE WIT, composed of numerous maps by Visscher and de Wit, both at the apex of their careers. Atlases of this period frequently varied in composition according to the customer's request. The assemblage here follows a natural geographical order ending up with the Americas. It includes fine maps of the world (Shirley 406), Florida and Cuba by Visscher, Europe, Asia, Africa and America (Burden 465: state 2 ca. 1678) by de Wit, two maps of Jamaica on one sheet and one of Barbados by Philip Lea. Other cartographers include: Laurenberg, Randolph, Allardt, and Jansson. Visscher's magnificent Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula is one of the most highly decorated world maps. Its border of the four elements of fire, air, water and earth is fully colored and incorporates two insets of the polar regions. California as an island, and the Great Lakes are beginning to show. "Nicolaes Visscher's new world map in two hemispheres can be regarded as the master forerunner of a number of highly decorative Dutch world maps produced throughout the remainder of the century" (Shirley). The maps of Philip Lea are VERY RARE. The two maps of Jamaica are titled "A Generall Map of the Contenant and Islands which are Adjacent to Jamaica," which includes insets of: "The English Empire," (showing the British colonies including Pennsylvania); and "A New Mapp of the Island of Jamaica," with inset entitled: "A New Draught of Port Royal by Anthony Williams." London, n.d. ca. 1685. Pritchard & Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude, 74 ("Custis Atlas"); Printed Maps of the West Indies, Jamaica, 31. See Koeman Wit 3 and 4.