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A double-hemisphere world map in fine colour.

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Le Globe Terrestre.
Amsterdam, c.1605, French text edition. Fine contemporary colour. 90 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle.

Repaired tear and tape stains in lower margin

A miniature map of the world in two spheres, within a strapwork border with 'Iehova' in the upper cusp and a compass rose in the lower. It was engraved by Jodocus Hondius in 1592 for Peter Apian's 'Cosmographia', but this examples comes from a French edition of Barent Langenes's 'Caerte-Thresoor'.

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Stock Id :22808

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A double-hemisphere world map in fine colour.

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Le Globe Terrestre.
Amsterdam, c.1605, French text edition. Fine contemporary colour. 90 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle.

Repaired tear and tape stains in lower margin

A miniature map of the world in two spheres, within a strapwork border with 'Iehova' in the upper cusp and a compass rose in the lower. It was engraved by Jodocus Hondius in 1592 for Peter Apian's 'Cosmographia', but this examples comes from a French edition of Barent Langenes's 'Caerte-Thresoor'.

SHIRLEY: 182.
Stock ID : 22808

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