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Lot 8
By: Scherer
Subject: Title Pages
Date: 1703 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Novus

Condition Code: A

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Color: hand color

Size: 7.3 x 9.3 inches
         18.6 x 23.7 cm


    Stunning and inventive title page drawn by Johann Degler and engraved by Leonard Heckenauer. The page features the hand of God suspending the world from a cross attached at the Pole. The surrounding heavens are filled with winsome cherubs, some of whom hold crowns and the hats of popes, cardinals and bishops, with allegorical representations of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. All of the continental figures hold a map, with the one representing the Americas featuring California as an island.

Condition Description: A nice impression with attractive color and some creasing in left blank margin.

Ref: McLaughlin #TP-9.
Estimate:
$600.00 - $700.00


Sold for: $900.00

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