Live auction - Lot 516

Rarissima

[Wall map - World]

Mappe monde, ou Globe terrestre en deux plans hemispheres dressée sur les observations de Mrss de l'Académie Royale des Sciences [...].

Amsterdam, J. Covens and C. Mortier, [after 1721]

€ 8.000 / 10.000

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Engr., on 4 sheets, together 104 x 136 cm, hand-coloured and heightened with gold (very lightly toned, few sm. cracks restored, decorative band at the bottom missing).

Mounted on cloth, with enlarged sides, c. 4,5 cm.

Extraordinary map, based on the maps of Nolin, Witsen, de Fer and Delisle, published by Covens and Mortier (2nd state). The world is depicted in double hemispheres, carried by four atlas figures representing the four seasons. Below the hemispheres, fragments of the Genesis creation narrative are depicted with in the middle God creating the sun and the moon. Above the double hemispheres, another small double hemispheres celestial map in the center with the North Pole and the South Pole in the corners. 7 more finely engr. Biblical scenes in the panel above the map.
Ref. Van Egmond, Covens & Mortier, 26.2.

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Lot 516

Rarissima

Mappe monde, ou Globe terrestre en deux plans hemispheres dressée sur les observations de Mrss de l'Académie Royale des Sciences [...].

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