Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

orld Map - Hand-Colored Engraving - Augsburg, 18th Century

Opening: $800
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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.
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection
The Hermann M. Z. Meyer Collection