Live auction - Lot 518
Only edition of this spectacular (complete) set of the world and all continental maps by the renowned Van der Aa
[World and continents]
Nova Orbis Terraquei tabula accuratissime delineata. Mappe-Monde du description générale du globe terrestre et aquatique [...].
Leiden, P. Van Der Aa, [c. 1713]
€ 2.500 / 3.000
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Lot description
Engr., 50 x 66 cm, hand-coloured (some creases, sl. toned).
Hinged at upper edge.
Splendid double hemisphere map with an insular California and an incomplete representation of Australia. The decorative border depicts the different continents represented by female figures at the bottom and the 4 elements symbolized at the top. With 2 elegant cartouches and multiple putti holding a banderol. Only 1 publication known: "Le Nouveau Théâtre du Monde ou La Geographie Royale" in 1713. Verso blank.
Ref. Koeman I Aa6 (2).
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