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BLAEU (JOAN) Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, [Amsterdam, 1664]

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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BLAEU (JOAN) Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, double-page, hand-coloured engraved twin hemisphere map, with California as an island, the borders decorated with allegories of the four season, and celestial figures seated amid clouds, Dutch text on verso, good wide margins, thin trail of worming just touching outer border [Shirley 428], 412 x 550mm., [Amsterdam, 1664]

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A new world map prepared for Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1662), for which "the engraving, layout and elegance of decoration are all of the highest standard" (Shirley).

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