Subject: Title Pages
Period: 1644 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10.8 x 16.1 inches
27.4 x 40.9 cm
This is a superb architectural style title page. Classical geographers Ptolemy (left) and Marinus (right) flank the title with a terrestrial globe in the foreground and a celestial globe resting on the entablature. It was a common practice for publishers to print the titles on separate sheets that were pasted into the space left on the engraving, as is the case with this sheet.
References: Shirley (TP) #47B; Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #2:23.
Condition: A
A nice impression on watermarked paper with original color and gold highlights. There is light soiling in the blank margins.
