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TRAVEL, ATLASES AND MAPS
Lot 37

WORLD MAP
HONDIUS (HENRICUS) Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, [Amsterdam], 1630 [1633]

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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WORLD MAP

HONDIUS (HENRICUS) Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, hand-coloured double-page engraved twin-hemisphere World map, decorated with scenes of the four elements and portraits of Jodocus Hondius, Gerard Mercator, Claudius Ptolemy and Julius Caesar, French text on verso, short tear and repair at lower part centre-fold, strengthened with old paper at vertical margins on verso [Shirley 336, State 1], 380 x 550mm., [Amsterdam], 1630 [1633]

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Hondius' "new world map is a fine ornate example of the decorative cartography of the time" (Shirley).

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