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Auction 176, Lot 566
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"De Gelegentheyt van t'Paradys ende t'Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders de Eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen...", Visscher, Claes Janszoon

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1650 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.9 x 12.1 inches
48 x 30.7 cm
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Superb Dutch Bible map covering the region between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, featuring the Garden of Eden located near the city of Babel. The strapwork title cartouche is flanked by scenes of Eve offering Adam the apple and the expulsion from paradise. In the sea beneath Cyprus is a scene of Jonah and the whale. A lovely, decorative map with the scale of miles featuring a figure of an old fisherman (the mark of Visscher). Dutch text on verso.

References: Poortman & Augusteijn #84.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet of watermarked paper, issued folding with minor show-through of text on verso and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 2/12/2020

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