Auction 60
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Mar 20, 2018
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Israel
8 Ramban St. Jerusalem 9242209
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LOT 9:
orld Map - Hand-Colored Engraving - Augsburg, 18th Century
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Start price:
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800
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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orld Map - Hand-Colored Engraving - Augsburg, 18th Century
Diversi Globi Terr-Aquei Statione Variante Et Visu Intercedente Per Coluros Tropicorum, Per Ambos Polos Et Partciul Sphaerae Zenith In Planum Delineati Orthogranici Prospectus. World map from the atlas "Atlas Novus sive Tabulae Geographicae" by Matthäus Seutter. Hand-colored engraving. [Augsburg, ca. 1740].
Map of the two hemispheres, surrounded by several smaller maps (different projections), and illustrations of the four winds (with human faces). California is drawn on the map as an island.
Leaf: 60X52 cm (engraving: 58X50 cm). Good condition. Creases and stains. Open tears to the two lower corners and small tears to margins of leaf. Gluing traces on verso.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.
