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Lot 120
Sale 610 - Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana
Nov 12, 2018
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WIT, Frederick de (1629/30-1706). Novissima et Accuratissima Septentrionalis ac Meridionalis Americae Descriptio. Amsteram, ca 1680.
Engraved map of the Americas, image 490 x 582 mm (sheet 538 x 878 mm). Decorative cartouche with Native Americans, serpents and cherubs, decorative cartouche depicting two angels, a Native American and a devil falling away, letterpress Alphabetical Table of Names tipped to right margin with descriptions in Latin, Dutch, French and English. (Short splits at ends of fold, a few short most marginal tears repaired on verso.) FIRST EDITION, the third state, first engraved in 1670, and updated to include New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Quiri Regio, Fretum Aniani and Terra Esonis. McLaughlin 49 (state 3); Tooley America 33.
