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Lot 402

Nicolai, Willem. 1573-1613.
Nova et integra universi Orbis descriptio. Lyons: 1603.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
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Nicolai, Willem. 1573-1613.

Nova et integra universi Orbis descriptio. Lyons: 1603.
A set of 12 engraved gores on two sheets, 6 gores to each sheet numbered 1-12, each sheet 260 x 255 mm. The gores forming a terrestrial globe with a diameter of 170 mm (7 inches), title cartouche in gore 11, and place, name and date in a cartouche on gore 12. Lower right corner of the second sheet neatly restored not affecting the map.

A rare and important set of globe gores, possibly one of 3 known sets. They pose somewhat of a cartographic puzzle since they are clearly archaic in style and also very similar to a set of gores by Joannes Oterschaden of Antwerp. See Shirley's Mapping of the World 237 (Oterschaden) and 241 (Nicolai). It is generally agreed that the geography is based on globes by Demongenet, c.1560, and Vopel, c.1536. As to known examples of the globes, the National Maritime Museum, London (Dekker GLB0119) has a pair of Oterschaden 7 inch globes; 3 sets of the gores are recorded in Shirley; and for the Nicolai there was an example of the globe in a Sothebys sale, London July 2010 (sold 19,000 pounds). Just one example of the gores are recorded in the University of Leiden, Holland.

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