![HONDIUS, Henricus (1596/7-1651). [WORLD AND CONTINENTS] -- Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius 1630. Hand-coloured engraved twin hemisphere map of the world (376 x 542mm), embellished with spandral allegorical vignettes representing the four elements and portrait cartouches of Julius Caesar, Claudius Ptolomaeus, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius at each corner. Shirley 336 'A FINE ORNATE EXAMPLE OF THE DECORATIVE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE TIME'; Van der Krogt I, 0001:1C.1.](https://staging.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CKS/2014_CKS_01585_0010_000(hondius_henricus_world_and_continents_--_nova_totius_terrarum_orbis_ge011639).jpg?w=1)
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HONDIUS, Henricus (1596/7-1651). [WORLD AND CONTINENTS] -- Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius 1630. Hand-coloured engraved twin hemisphere map of the world (376 x 542mm), embellished with spandral allegorical vignettes representing the four elements and portrait cartouches of Julius Caesar, Claudius Ptolomaeus, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius at each corner. Shirley 336 'A FINE ORNATE EXAMPLE OF THE DECORATIVE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE TIME'; Van der Krogt I, 0001:1C.1.
Together with a set of Continent maps: Europa Exactissime Descripta (Van der Krogt I, 1000:1D.2); Africae Nova Tabula (state without decorative borders: Betz 58; Van der Krogt I, 8600:1D.2); Asia recens summa cura delineata (Van der Krogt I, 8000:1D.2); America noviter delineata (Burden 192, state 3; Van der Krogt I, 9000:1D.2). [Amsterdam:] 1631. 4 hand-coloured engraved maps of Europe, Africa, Asia and America (each approx. 374 x 505mm). Titles set in decorative cartouches, seas decorated with sea monsters and galleons, continents decorated with beasts. (All maps evenly browne...
Together with a set of Continent maps: Europa Exactissime Descripta (Van der Krogt I, 1000:1D.2); Africae Nova Tabula (state without decorative borders: Betz 58; Van der Krogt I, 8600:1D.2); Asia recens summa cura delineata (Van der Krogt I, 8000:1D.2); America noviter delineata (Burden 192, state 3; Van der Krogt I, 9000:1D.2). [Amsterdam:] 1631. 4 hand-coloured engraved maps of Europe, Africa, Asia and America (each approx. 374 x 505mm). Titles set in decorative cartouches, seas decorated with sea monsters and galleons, continents decorated with beasts. (All maps evenly browne...
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Acquired at Pieter Mefferdt Antiquariaat, Amstelveen.
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