Fine Arts · Lotto 5764
[Africa]. "Africae nova descriptio."
Handcol. engr. map w. elaborate border incorporating 9 oval bird's eye views of cities and 10 full-body portraits of native people in traditional dress, dec. title-cartouche, many ships, sea monsters and compass rose, 41x55,5 cm., Amst., W. Blaeu, 1647.
- Lotto
- 5764
- Stima
- 800 € – 1.000 €
- Aggiudicato
- 800 €
- Foto
- 1 foto
Condizioni
Closed dam. spots along middle fold/ in upper margin; some sl. surface damage; sl. and evenly browned/ yellowed.
Note
Very decorative map with i.a. elephants, lions, ostriches and a monkey in central and western Africa, a seahorse and flying fish in the Atlantic Ocean and showing Lake Zaflan as one source of the Nile. Betz 57.3, final state (of 3); Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 8600:2; Tooley p.29. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.