4666 - 5032 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Small closed hole in centre; a few very vague brownish stains.
- Slightly browned. = Cf. Shirley 603. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
- Vertical crease right from middle fold; middle fold flattened. Not examined outside frame.
= Koeman 0001:1C.4; Shirley 336, 1st state (of 4): "a fine ornate example of the decorative cartography of the time. (...) New features include part of the north Australia coastline extending towards New Guinea and a redrawing of north-east Canada with 'Queen Anne's forland' (Baffin Island) shown completely encircled by open water". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
= Shirley 458; Poortman/ Augusteijn p.258.
- Folds as published; a few marginal tears touching the image; sl. yellowed/ soiled.
= Shirley 498; Poortman/ Augusteijn K II/2. The second state of a rare variant of the Stoopendaal worldmap, used in Keur bibles, the signature and number "6" of the first state erased.
AND a 19th cent. engr. map "Mappemonde" (P. Tardieu. Large tear w. sellotape).
= Cf. Shirley 76. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.