Live auction - Lot 546
[Africa]
Totius Africae accuratissima tabula.
Amsterdam, F. de Wit, [c. 1680]
Hammer price: €
200
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Engr., 48,8 x 57,8 cm, hand-coloured (sm. tear in upper edge barely affecting map, few sm. tears in bl. marg.).
Third state of this finely engraved continental map. With a large, decorative title cartouche showing natives, lions and an elephant. On the map, some vessels and animals, i.a. lions, apes, birds, etc. Verso blank.
Ref. Betz 114.3. - Koeman III, Wit2 (6).