Subasta Web auction 91
WEB AUCTION 91 - PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PRINTS & MULTIPLES WITH A SECTION DEDICATED TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND ANCIENT PRINTS
1.10.20
Italia
Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
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Oct 1 2020, 2 pm CEST
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LOTE 262:
John Speed (1522-1629)
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Precio inicial:
€
4 800
Precio estimado:
€5 500 - €6 500
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 25%
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John Speed (1522-1629)
"A new and accurate map of the World ... drawne according to truest descriptions latest discoueries"; 1651;
Copper engraving by John Speed (1522-1629), taken from A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, II edition of 1651 - with the publishers Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell indicated. Rare planisphere map with lunettes depicting the four elements, portraits of famous explorers and celestial diagrams; one of the first showing California designed as an island
Copper engraving, 43,8 x 55,7 cm
RR very rare. English text on the verso. Watercolor coloring, perfect conditions
