"Fionia Vulgo Funen", Blaeu, Willem
Subject: Eastern Denmark
Period: 1642 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.6 x 14.9 inches
49.8 x 37.8 cm
Fine map of Fyn, Langeland and Als decorated with two distinctive cartouches, fancy scroll calligraphy and sailing ships. A large coat of arms is at upper left and the title cartouche featuring farmers and cows is at lower left. At right is a second cartouche containing a distance scale in an unusual vertical format. Dutch text on verso, published between 1642-64.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #1530:2.
Condition: A
A dark impression with full contemporary color on a bright, wide-margined sheet with a large watermark of the god Atlas. There is light printer's ink residue.
