Lot 379
[MAP]. WIT, Frederick de (1629/30-1706). Novissima et Accuratissima Septentrionalis ac Meridionalis Americae Descriptio. Amsterdam, ca 1680. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[MAP]. WIT, Frederick de (1629/30-1706). Novissima et Accuratissima Septentrionalis ac Meridionalis Americae Descriptio. Amsterdam, ca 1680.
Engraved map of the Americas, 500 x 590 mm visible area, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). 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.
FIRST EDITION, the eighth state, first engraved in 1670, and updated to include New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Quiri Regio, Fretum Aniani, and with the crack at longitudinal line 338°E in the southern hemisphere repaired. McLaughlin 49 (state 8); Tooley America 33.
Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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