$3,000
"Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non partis Virginiae Tabula"--1656, hand colored engraved map, second state. Antique map depicting early view of America (or New Netherlands) with one of the first depictions of Philadelphia among other notable cities and geographical markers. This plate was produced in the mid-1650's, engraved as a copy of Nicholas Visscher's 1651 composite map (i.e., the 1650 map of J. Jansson and the 1650 New Amsterdam view of J. Blaeu). It was subsequently updated to include new place names and decorative touches not found in previous issues. It is the most lavishly decorated of all the early editions of this 17th century New Netherland map. The "Blaeu" view of New Amsterdam is the second earliest [engraved] image of the city (the first one being in a Joost Hartgers booklet). It was based on a 1648 pen-and-ink watercolor, which was discovered in the Albertina collection of the Austrian National Library in Vienna in 1991. Framed 29.25" x 33". Image size approximately 18.25" x 21.75".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2014-08-10
