Subject: Title Pages
Period: 1628 (published)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
8 x 6 inches
20.3 x 15.2 cm
The allegorical form of title pages from this period is beautifully composed on this small sheet. The female representatives of the continents look on while geographers carefully measure a globe held aloft by the Titan, Atlas. Through these images, the publisher promises his readers that the following work and its maps will draw on both classical and modern knowledge.
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Condition: A
Expertly remargined at top and right side with several minor tears at the edge of the image repaired and backed with light Japanese tissue.
