"Europa recens descripta à Guilielmo Blaeuw".

Engr., 41 x 55 cm, hand-coloured (central folding, delicately toned).

Framed.

Blaeu's richly embellished map of Europe, which is an excellent representation of the decorative carte-a-figures style. Here in a 3rd state with the name of the author changed into "Guilielmo Blaeuw", first featured in Blaeu’s 1630 "Atlas Appendix". Present is the mythical island of Frisland between Greenland and Iceland.
Ref. Koeman I Bl 13 n° 2. - van der Krogt II [1000:2].