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LARGE WALL MAP OF EUROPE WITH 18 CITY VIEWS & MAPS
WITH COATS OF ARMS & CLASSICAL FIGURES
Amsterdam, Frederick de Wit, 1700 (engraved ca. 1660/63). Large engraved wall map of Europe (121 x 166 cm), with the main map on 6 sheets (together 99.5 x 123.5 cm), 16 city profiles and bird's-eye views plus 2 city maps (Madrid & Moscow) down the sides, a letterpress description of Europe in Spanish at the foot (with 1 decorative woodcut initial), the Latin title in a panel on slips across the head of the entire assembly, and a decorative border at the sides. The main map has a second title "Europa" in a cartouche at its foot, with Europa sitting on Zeus in the form of a bull and other classical figures, putti and cattle; an inset map of one terrestrial hemisphere (centred on Europe and Africa); a large cartouche of drapery supported by putti with a note on the calculation of distances, illustrated with geodesic diagrams; another putto and an allegorical figure supporting the coat of arms of "Germania," with those of seven independent European kingdoms below it; 7 compass roses; and reticulated scales of latitude and longitude forming a border. The map and nearly all decorations coloured by a contemporary hand. Assembled and mounted on modern cloth, in a wooden frame.
€ 125000
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Conditions of sale are as laid down in the Algemene Voorwaarden van de Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren, depot nr. 212/1982 Amsterdam.
Return policy: 10 days with notification, full refund.
Preferred mode of payment: In advance by wire transfer or bank draft.
Arrangements can be made for Visa Card.
Bankers: Rabobank IJmuiden,
Bank address: Dokweg 17, 1976CA IJmuiden, The Netherlands
Asher Account number: 37.35.64.104
BIC ((Swift Code) RABONL2U
IBAN: NL39 RABO 0373 5641 04
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