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Lot 491
Sale 5046 - Fine Book Sale
Jan 25, 2007
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,900
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1 piece. 1 piece.
Hand-Colored Engraved Map. Wit, Frederick de. "Novissima et Accuratissima totius Americae Descripto." Amsterdam, [1666]. 19 1/4 x 22 5/8 inches; 489 x 575 mm, margins. Slightly toned, margins darkened, minor chipping at edges, bottom 2 1/2 inches of center fold separating. Old (orig.?) color, outline color, ships & cartouches partly colored. Framed.
Depicting California as an island, the Great Lakes as separate bodies of water, ships on the Atlantic & Pacific, wild animals on the New Continent, cartouches of Indians & angels.
Burden 356, 2nd state; Koeman (1st ed.) III, pp. 191/192
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