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Auction 120, Lot 198

"Nova Virginiae Tabula", Montanus/Ogilby

Subject: Colonial Chesapeake Bay

Period: 1671 (circa)

Publication: America…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 11.5 inches
35.6 x 29.2 cm
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This is a very decorative, carefully made map based on the Hondius/Blaeu version of John Smith's prototype of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. It is beautifully engraved with mountains, rivers, and forests and provides a wealth of information concerning the Indian villages in the region. The title and distance scale cartouches feature putti and a scene at upper right features Native Americans with a llama, unicorn and a fat-tailed sheep. This is state two, issued by Ogilby, printed on paper watermarked with a cockatrice.

References: Burden (II) #412; Tooley (Amer) p.168-9, plt. 76; Goss (NA) #38.

Condition: B

Narrow margins, as issued, with slight loss of neatline at bottom left. Old paper tape repairs on verso, including one behind a small hole about 2" under the cartouche. One short tear at right just into the border has been repaired with archival tape.

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,400

Sold for: $900

Closed on 7/18/2007

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