Stock Id :19194

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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

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Stock Id :19194

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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

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