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Auction 128, Lot 38

"Werelt Caert", Stoopendaal, Daniel

Subject: World

Period: 1688 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 11.6 inches
47 x 29.5 cm
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This decorative double hemisphere map from a Dutch bible is based on Visscher's similar map of 1663. The surrounding allegorical representations of the continents were copied from Visscher, but the map has been updated to show California as an island with a flat northern coastline, Australia's western and northern coastlines, a revision in the coastline for New Guinea, and the addition of some islands in the South Pacific. Diagrams of the Copernican and Ptolemaic solar systems rest between the hemispheres. This is the smaller version of this world map, without the banner title. Dutch text on verso

References: cf Shirley #498.

Condition: B+

A nice sharp impression. Remargined at top with a bit of the neatline in facsimile. Professional tissue repairs on minor fold separations.

Estimate: $1,300 - $1,800

Unsold

Closed on 5/20/2009

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