The scarce Jansson map of Malta in fine colour
JANSSON, Jan.
Insulæ Melitæ Vulgo Malte Nova et accurata Descriptio.
Amsterdam, c.1650, blank verso. Original colour. 410 x 515mm.
A very fine chart of Malta and Gozo with an inset map of Valletta, decorated with elaborate title and scale cartouches, sea-monsters and a vignette sea-battle between galleys and a galleon.
The map appeared in Jansson's 'Waterereld' sea-atlas, first published 1650 as the fifth volume of his 'Novus Atlas'.
KOEMAN: Me 164.
Stock ID : 19194
£2,600
£2,600
The scarce Jansson map of Malta in fine colour
JANSSON, Jan.
Insulæ Melitæ Vulgo Malte Nova et accurata Descriptio.
Amsterdam, c.1650, blank verso. Original colour. 410 x 515mm.
A very fine chart of Malta and Gozo with an inset map of Valletta, decorated with elaborate title and scale cartouches, sea-monsters and a vignette sea-battle between galleys and a galleon.
The map appeared in Jansson's 'Waterereld' sea-atlas, first published 1650 as the fifth volume of his 'Novus Atlas'.
KOEMAN: Me 164.
Stock ID : 19194
£2,600
£2,600