Catalog Archive
Auction 150, Lot 479
Print View

"Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, Novissima et Exactissima Descriptio, Auctore Vernando Alvaro Secco, et de Integro Emendata, Anno 1600", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Portugal

Period: 1623 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.5 x 13.3 inches
49.5 x 33.8 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Baptista van Doetecum engraved this magnificent map of Portugal, one of the few maps he engraved for the Mercator/Hondius atlas. It is oriented with north to the right and richly adorned with three strapwork cartouches, a compass rose, coat-of-arms, sailing ships and a very devilish-looking sea monster. The map is based on Fernando Alvarez Secco's map of 1561. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #6300:1A.

Condition: A

A nice impression with attractive color and original margins. There is light, scattered foxing primarily confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $450 - $550

Sold for: $230

Closed on 9/17/2014

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap