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Auction 116, Lot 25

"Planiglobium Terrestre Minus in hanc Formam Reductam…", Weigel, Christopher

Subject: World

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 11 inches
35.6 x 27.9 cm
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This uncommon map is based on Johann Baptist Homann's Planiglobii Terrestris Cum Utrog Hemisphaerio Caelesti and is embellished with similar engravings of natural phenomena and the starry heavens. However, the map itself differs from Homann in that it presents an insular California and a different Terra Esonis with the Fretum Anian. The map also retains a faint outline of the great Southern Continent, Terra Australis Incongnita. Instead of celestial maps between the cusps of the double hemisphere map, Weigel has included terrestrial maps on polar projections.

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Condition: A

Bit of very faint toning with a slightly uneven impression, overall still very good.

Estimate: $1,500 - $1,700

Unsold

Closed on 9/20/2006

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