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Benedetto Bordone, a Paduan-born miniaturist and illustrator active
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 27/3/2019 Description: Benedetto Bordone, a Paduan-born miniaturist and illustrator active in Venice, is best known for his Isolario (Book of Islands), a landmark compendium first published in 1528. Drawing on classical geographies, medieval travel narratives, and early exploration accounts, Bordones Isolario catalogues 111…
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Pascaart van zuyd zee tusschen California en Ilhas de Ladrones
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 28/1/2018 Dealers ID No.: 35547 (Ruderman) Description: This richly detailed sea chart of the Pacific Ocean, engraved and published by Hendrick Doncker in 1666, spans the expanse between the western coast of California and the Ilhas de Ladrones (Mariana Islands). Oriented with…
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Orbis terrae novissima descriptio
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 24/8/2011 Description: This double-hemisphere world map is the first of two engraved by Jodocus Hondius I for the Parisian publisher Jean Le Clerc; the second, is in an oval projection (#110) followed soon after. The map exists in three known states. The…
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Chica sive Patagonica et Australis Terra. MDC
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 28/1/2018 Dealers ID No.: 41532 Ruderman Description: Matthias Quad was a renowned German mapmaker and engraver, best known his contributions to geographic publications during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He was particularly active in Cologne where he specialised in engraving geographical…