Old World Auctions - Auction 96 - Lot 8 - Atlas Minor Sive Totius Orbis Terrarum Contracta delineata ex conatibus

Go to Advanced Search

Catalog Archive

Auction 96, Lot 8

Print View

"Atlas Minor Sive Totius Orbis Terrarum Contracta delineata ex conatibus", Visscher, Nicolas

Subject: Title Page

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

10 x 15.8 inches
25.4 x 40.1 cm

Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Bold and graphic title page in full color. The scene includes two women drawing maps with a lion curled at their feet, Neptune astride a large globe (showing the Atlantic Ocean), a trumpeting angel, and Atlas bearing a celestial globe on his shoulders.

References:

Condition: B

Soiling in margins and a couple of tiny spots.

Estimate: $325 - $350

Sold for: $210

Closed on 9/12/2001

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

Current Auction

Past and Future

Buy

Sell

Account Info

For Bidders

For Consignors

"Atlas Minor Sive Totius Orbis Terrarum Contracta delineata ex conatibus", Visscher, Nicolas

Subject: Title Page

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

10 x 15.8 inches
25.4 x 40.1 cm

Bold and graphic title page in full color. The scene includes two women drawing maps with a lion curled at their feet, Neptune astride a large globe (showing the Atlantic Ocean), a trumpeting angel, and Atlas bearing a celestial globe on his shoulders.

References:

Condition: B

Soiling in margins and a couple of tiny spots.

Estimate: $325 - $350

Sold for: $210

Closed on 9/12/2001

Archived

About Us

Recent Articles

General Info

Contact Info

Current Auction

Past and Future

Buy

Sell

Account Info

For Bidders

For Consignors

"Atlas Minor Sive Totius Orbis Terrarum Contracta delineata ex conatibus", Visscher, Nicolas

Subject: Title Page

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:

10 x 15.8 inches25.4 x 40.1 cm

Bold and graphic title page in full color. The scene includes two women drawing maps with a lion curled at their feet, Neptune astride a large globe (showing the Atlantic Ocean), a trumpeting angel, and Atlas bearing a celestial globe on his shoulders.

References:

Condition: B

Soiling in margins and a couple of tiny spots.

Estimate: $325 - $350

Sold for: $210

Closed on 9/12/2001

Archived

About Us

Recent Articles

General Info

Contact Info

10 x 15.8 inches
25.4 x 40.1 cm