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Auction 143, Lot 10
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"Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniae Potissimum...", Lotter, Tobias Conrad

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.2 x 7.7 inches
25.9 x 19.6 cm
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Copper engraved sheet centered on a large globe showing the Eastern Hemisphere. The globe is surrounded by figures representing each of the four continents, with Europa on top. The remainder of the scene is filled with mythical figures (including Neptune, Athena, and Mercury), a soldier surrounded by weaponry, cherubs, and trade goods. Drawn by Jacob Christoph Weyerman, engraved by Martin Gottfried Crophilus.

References:

Condition: B+

Some soiling and a short printer's crease at bottom. A few small chips and tears in blank margins have been archivally repaired.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/13/2013

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