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de Wit : Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula

Original Hand Coloring with some later coloring, Very Good, small tear along the lower right margin expertly repaired. Minor wear along the central fold, laid on acid free tissue paper for long term preservation., Size : 490x575 (mm), 19.25x22.625 (Inches)

"The title is in a small cartouche on the eastern hemisphere. Somewhat unusually the two main hemispheres have been engraved and the surrounding illustrations etched. In the corners are large and lively scenes allegorically representing the four elements. Fire is shown by war and destruction; air by the heavens; earth by harvesting and husbandry; and water by ships and a spouting whale. There are groups of figures between the hemispheres and, above and below them, two smaller polar maps." (Shirley), Shirley 444

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