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Lot 38
Sale 1278 - The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I
Nov 3, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,386
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Lot Description
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) -- BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Americae nova Tabula. [Amsterdam, ca 1635 or later].
Engraved map of the Americas, visible area 17 x 21 3/4 in. (432 x 552 mm). Framed (unexamined out of frame). Decorative top border with vignette views of Havana, St. Domingo, Cartagena, Mexico, Cusco, Potosi, I. la Mocha, Rio Janeiro, and Olinder decorative side borders depicting natives from 10 areas, including Greenland, Virginia, Florida, Mexico, Peru and Brazil, galleons and sea monsters, decorative cartouche, inset of Greenland, Dutch text on verso.
3rd state with the imprint "Auct. Guiljelmo Blaeuw." Burden 189; Tooley America p. 297.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.