Live auction - Lot 951
[World - Africa]
Africae nova descriptio.
[Amsterdam, W. & J. Blaeu, c. 1647]
Hammer price: €
2.200
€ 3.000 / 4.000
Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)Bidding is closed
Lot description
Engr., 41,2 x 55,6 cm, hand-coloured (few light spots).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
Third state of this nice decorative carte-à-figures with 9 town views in the upper border (a.o. Tangers, Tunis, Alexandria, Mozambique) and 10 costumed African figures on the sides. Beautifully decorated with numerous Dutch ships and sea creatures. From a Dutch ed. of the "Theatrum orbis terrarum [...]" (leaf A, num. I).
Ref. Betz 57.3. - Van der Krogt [8600:2]. - Koeman Bl 27. - Schilder MGN VI: 11.3.
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