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Auction 202, Lot 712

"Quatrieme Volume de la Geographie Blaviane, Contenant le IX & X Livre de l'Europe", Blaeu, Johannes

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1663 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.8 x 19.1 inches
30 x 48.5 cm
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This is the title page to Volume 10 of Blaeu's Atlas Maior, which focused on Asia. The engraving centers on an armillary sphere above the Latin motto, Indefessus Agendo, which translates as "Indefatigable Agenda." At the sides are a figure representing Father Time and another clubbing a seven-headed beast.

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Condition: B+

Full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with a few spot of soiling. There is an engraved armorial plate that was printed on a separate sheet of paper and pasted onto the verso of the title page.

Estimate: $70 - $90

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Closed on 2/12/2025

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