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Auction 138, Lot 707

"De Gelegentheyt van 't Paradys ende 't Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders de Eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen…", Visscher, Nicolas

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1650 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.8 x 12.5 inches
47.8 x 31.8 cm
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A lovely, decorative Dutch Bible map covering the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, featuring the Garden of Eden prominently located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River. The strapwork title cartouche is flanked by scenes of Eve offering Adam the apple and the expulsion from paradise. In the sea beneath Cyprus is a scene of Jonah and the whale. The distance scale features Visscher's signature vignette of himself as a fisherman. This map is based on the elder Visscher map of 1642, although slightly larger and more decorative. Both father and son used the fisherman as a signature on their maps but the image is slightly different with Nicolas' being an image of a young man. Dutch text on verso.

References: Laor #794; Poortman & Augusteijn #119.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed, with a short centerfold separation in bottom blank margin that has been closed on verso with old paper.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $220

Closed on 12/7/2011

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