Live auction - Lot 1043
[Bolivia - Silver mines]
Genius utriusque Americae, et indigenarum indoles et exercitatio.
[Munich, 1703]
Hammer price: €
300
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
Engr., 24 x 19 cm.
In excellent condition.
This fascinating frontispiece illustrates the various riches and industry of South America, focusing on silver mining operations at Potosí (Bolivia) with a stylized view of the mountain city and mines. In the foreground are scenes of trading and in the background volcanoes and a flotilla of silver-laden galleons. Engr. by Joseph de Montalegre after Johannes Degler, used as frontispiece of the section devoted to America in the "Atlas novus" of Heinrich Scherer.