Live veiling - Lot 593
[Europe]
Nova Europae descriptio.
Amsterdam, Hondius, [1628]
€ 500 / 600
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Beschrijving 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].