Subject: Title Pages
Period: 1720 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11 x 18.8 inches
27.9 x 47.8 cm
This large elaborately engraved sheet has numerous allegorical figures gathered in front of a large globe showing the Eastern Hemisphere. In the background, an old man and a young man are standing on the globe supporting the heavens. On the left is a sunrise with several birds, and on the right is the night sky with the moon, owls and bats known to hunt under cover of darkness.
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Condition: B
A dark impression with nice original color. Three margins have paper added to extend and reinforce them. There are a few short tears into the engraving with archival tape repairs on the verso, and a few faint stains.
