Bunting's Clover Leaf Map of the Old World

"Die Gantze Welt in ein Kleeberblat / Welchs ist der Stadt Hannover Meines Lieben Vaterlandes Wapen", Bunting, Heinrich

This fanciful map of the Old World was drawn to represent the Trinity. The three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa are arranged in the form of a clover leaf with Jerusalem at the center. Three landmasses lie outside the trefoil: England and part of Scandinavia above, and in the lower left corner a portion of the New World (Die Newe Welt) appears. The woodblock map is beautifully engraved with waves in the oceans that are filled with sea monsters, a sailing ship and mermaids. Heinrich Bunting was a theological commentator from Hanover and devised the curious shape of the map from the arms of his home town. German text on verso.

References: Shirley #142; Manasek #32; Laor p.129; Nebenzahl (HL) pp. 88-89; Tooley (MCC-1) #88.

Condition: B

There are professional repairs along centerfold with a tiny portion of bottom neatline in facsimile, and to a chip in bottom left corner also with a small amount of neatline in facsimile. A tear that enters 3.5" into map at bottom right has also been professionally repaired.