Catalog Archive
Auction 119, Lot 689

"Creta ex delinatione Ubonis Emmii", Cluver/Jansson

Subject: Crete

Period: 1661 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographicam

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.8 x 5.2 inches
19.8 x 13.2 cm
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Charming historical map of Crete with a simple strapwork title cartouche. The map was engraved by Petrus Kaerius and is based on the cartography of Ubbo Emmius, who worked for both Hondius and Jansson.

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Condition: A

Light soil in blank margins, still very good.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Unsold

Closed on 5/9/2007

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