Catalog Archive
Auction 114, Lot 531

"Creta ex delinatione Ubonis Emmii", Cluver/Jansson

Subject: Crete

Period: 1661 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographicam

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.8 x 5 inches
19.8 x 12.7 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Charming historical map of Crete with a simple strapwork title cartouche. The map is based on the cartography of Ubbo Emmius, who worked for Hondius and Jansson, and engraved by Petrus Kaerius.

References:

Condition: A+

Slight surface soil in blank margins, still fine.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 3/1/2006

Archived