22. Map of the World (planiglobe), by Giambattista Albrizzi, Venice, 1740, rare, collector’s item,

Starting price

EUR 1.000

Sold

EUR 1.200

Session

Thu, 17 November 2022 19:00

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Albrizzi’s beautiful world map is one of the most interesting and decorative maps of the world appearing in the atlas "Atlante novissimo". Map of the world with two hemispheres and allegorical figures of the four continents in the corners. The map includes a finely executed armillary sphere, the explorer's trails, the unknown North-West coast of America, incomplete projections of Australia (still attached to New Guinea) and New Zealand, the conjectural Asian land extending towards Alaska, and many other misconceptions and cartographic projections.

Dimensions

width 48 cm, height 37 cm, custom 37 × 48 cm

Description

hand-coloured copper engraving, striped paper

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