Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio


Name of map : Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio;

 

Stock number: 2832 (=1580)

 

Map number: 11 (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): 114

 

State number of plate: 1; Third plate.

Copy from edition: 1595 Latin, Page signature: 5;

Estimated number of copies printed: 4150;

Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 207;

Area displayed: North and South America, Pacific, Solomon Islands,

 New Guinea;

Plate size: 355 x 487 mm;

Paper size: 439 x 545 mm;

Margins, left: 32 mm, right: 28 mm, upper: 32 mm, lower: 52 mm;

Paper thickness and quality: good and strong;

Paper color:       off white;

Map color, age:    old, original coloring;

  colors used :    pink, blue, green, yellow, red, orange;

  general color appearance: restrained but authentic;

Imperfections

  margins     :   slight fraying of lower left and right corners;

  plate area  :   none;

  verso       :   none;

 

Overall quality:

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Price        : € Euro 8750


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