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Auction 125, Lot 20

"Typus Orbis Terrarum", Jansson, Jan

Subject: World

Period: 1628 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 5.8 inches
20.3 x 14.7 cm
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Beautifully engraved and finely detailed double hemisphere map. Strapwork borders enclose an armillary sphere, compass rose and the names of the four elements. The map features the island of California with only a ghost of a coastline continuing to the northwest. Terra Australis has a broken coastline and a notation that ends with the signature of the engraver, Abraham Goos. Four lines of Latin text balance the title cartouche at bottom. French text on verso.

References: Shirley #325.

Condition: B+

Right margin has been extended to better accommodate framing and the color is slightly faded.

Estimate: $850 - $950

Sold for: $600

Closed on 9/24/2008

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