Nova Europae descriptio.

Amsterdam, Hondius, [1628]

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Description du lot

Engr., c. 37 x 50 cm, hand-coloured (few sm., light spots).

Under passe-partout and frame.

Decorative continental map extending to include Greenland, the Davis Street and sm. parts of America, North Africa and Anatolia, as well as a detailed representation of the phantom island "Frislandt". With 3 cartouches containing the title, scale and an extensive text. From the 1628 French Mercator-Hondius Atlas (verso partly visible, leaf P).
Ref. Van der Krogt I [1000:1B].

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