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Inventio Maris Magallanici.
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- Maker :
- DE BRY, Th.
- Place :
- Frankfurt
- Date :
- 1594
- Color :
- Colored
- Height mm.:
- 145
- Width mm.:
- 195
- Condition :
- Copper engraving with letter press in Latin on recto and verso. Paper very slightly age toned, as usual. Size of the sheet : 34x24cm.
- Bibliography :
- Tooley (TMC-2) pp. 22-24.
- Seller's ref. :
- 48523
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Allegorical scene allegorical image celebrating the circumnavigation of the earth by Ferdinand Magellan. The image shows Magellan on board of his ship, surrounded by mythological figures including Apollo with sun and lyre, Zeus on his throne of clouds, Adam and Eve. A bird carrying an elephant and a depiction of the Tierra del Fuego.The image also includes cannon, banner with the double-headed Hapsburg eagle, anchor, broken mast, navigational instruments such as armillary sphere and dividers, sea monsters, and sea nymphs.
The image is based upon a 1592 engraving by Jan van der Straet, also known as Joannes [or Johannes] Stradanus, who created a series of four prints under the title America refection, celebrating the discovery of the new world.
The image was also re-issued in 1592 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World.
Finally re-issued by de Bry in 'America', 4th Part, 1594, where the figures are now shown in reverse.
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.
This is the second copperplate of Ortelius'.
$5.500
Maker : ORTELIUS, A.
Place : Antwerp
Date : 1579
Brabantiae Descriptio.
In an inset Mechelen and surroundings. Decorative scale and title cartouche with dedicational initials, which may refer to Laurentius Michaelis, who may be connected with the Mechelen inset map.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept that way for a long time. A black and white map in an early and strong impression is a rarity nowadays, being so many examples recently colored up!
$350
Maker : ORTELIUS, A.
Place : Antwerp, 1598
Date : 1598
Amsterdam Ville du comté de Hollande. . .
A very decorative and very rare town view of Amsterdam, including a numbered key ( A- T) in the lower part. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With the signature "Aveline avec privil. du Roy" in the lower right margin. Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722), was an engraver, print-publisher and print-seller. He probably trained with Adam Pérelle and specialized in topographical representations like him. He engraved in suites many views of Paris and of provincial, European and African c...
$500
Maker : AVELINE, P.A.
Place : Paris
Date : 1692
Brasilia.
Very fine decorative map od Brazil with west to the top. From the book "A Collection of Voyages and Travels" by Churchill and the map came from the part containing a description Nieuhoff's travels in Brazil.
$550
Maker : CHURCHIL, J.
Place : London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill
Date : 1703
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