Lot number 4006 - Auction
'NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS GEOGRAPHICA (...)'

WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU (AFTER) 1571 Alkmaar - 1638 Amsterdam 'NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS GEOGRAPHICA (...)' Color reproduction print on paper. Plate size 35 x 46.5 cm (f. 54.5 x 65 cm). Titled top center and inscribed 'Guilgelmo Blaeuw' top right; Inscribed 'Ja van den Ende sculpsit' lower right in the plate. Tanned. Modern reproduction of the famous world map engraved by Josua van den Ende, surrounded by four picture strips with lateral allegories of the four elements and seasons, the sun, the moon and the five planets at the top and the seven wonders of the world and two small pole maps at the bottom edge. Also noteworthy is the short text on the discovery of America in the cartridge. Framed in a passe-partout and behind glass.