Fine Books & Manuscripts Online
Description:
Seventy-five Maps of Europe, 1542-1890. Collection of maps of Europe, many dating to the eighteenth century or earlier, mostly bookplates, including an illustrated and hand-colored engraved map of Jerusalem by Nicolaes Visscher I, a copper plate engraved map of Rome with accompanying text numbering the major sites from Henri Abraham Chatelain's Atlas Historique, and a c. 1550 woodcut map from Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia, largest 23 x 27 3/4 in.
Estimate $400-600
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Keywords
Henri Abraham Chatelain, Nicolaes Visscher
John Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
Fine Books & Manuscripts
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