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Auction 201, Lot 4

"[Untitled - World]"

Subject: World

Period: 1688 (circa)

Publication: Teatro del Mondo

Color: Black & White

Size:
2.6 x 2.6 inches
6.6 x 6.6 cm
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This charming miniature woodcut map depicts the entire world on one hemisphere. The map was engraved by Gioseppe Moretti to illustrate a late edition of Giuseppe Rosaccio’s geography book. It is a close copy of the same map that Rosaccio engraved for his first work on geography, Il Mondo, first published in 1592. The continents are depicted in a very rudimentary way, with a sun illustrated in the center of Africa. Mountains and trees are shown within a large Terra Incognita Australe, which fills a large portion of the southern hemisphere. On a sheet of Italian text measuring 3.8 x 5.7".

See also lot 780 for Geoffrey King's Miniature Antique Maps - An Illustrated Guide for the Collector that describes this map.

References: King (3rd Edition), 1592 Rosaccio & 1688 Moretti.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with very minor soiling at top right.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/20/2024

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