Catalog Archive
Auction 131, Lot 539

"Nova et Accurata descriptio totius Fioniae vulgo Funen", Jansson, Jan

Subject: Denmark

Period: 1645 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
20 x 15.8 inches
50.8 x 40.1 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This is an uncommon and very fine map of Fyn, Langeland and Als. It is beautifully engraved and decorated with a coat of arms and sailing ships, and the cartouches are adorned with hunters and putti.

References:

Condition: A+

Fine impression and wide margins. There is a minor crease in the map, still overall fine.

Estimate: $250 - $325

Sold for: $140

Closed on 3/17/2010

Archived