Price: $1,750.00
SKU: 87290
ARTIST: Claes Jansz Visscher
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1700
EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 7/8 x 18 1/8" (354 x 458 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A fine Dutch bible map that was based on Nicholas Visscher's world map of 1631. (Shirley #431). Allegorical figures representing the continents adorn each corner. In the cusp between the two hemispheres are two astronomical diagrams.<br><br> Visscher's Bible map was probably the single most copied world map of the 17th and 18th Century, with a number of different engravers copying the cartography and decorative elements for nearly 100 years
ADDITIONAL INFO: Nicely framed in a 3" black & gold scoop molding. Overall framed size 18.x 24 inches.
CONDITION: Good condition. B/W
REFERENCE: Shirley R, "The Mapping of the World" #498.
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