Live auction - Lot 539
Extremely rare first state
[Nautical chart - Europe]
Universe Europe maritime eiusque navigationis descriptio. Generale Paschaerte van Europa [...].
Hammer price: €
6.500
€ 2.000 / 3.000
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Lot description
Copper engr., 55 x 39 cm (trimmed inside platemark at upper and lower edge).
Laid down on paper. Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
First state of this nautical general map of Europe, the British Isles, North Africa, etc., with a particular circular representation of Iceland (corrected in later ed.) and the mythical island of Brazil to the south west of Ireland. From a Latin ed. (1585, 1586 or 1591) of the famous "Spieghel der Zeevaerdt" (leaf I, no pagination).
Ref. Koeman IV: Wag [1A].
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