28th Mar, 2018 10:00

The Warrens Library
 
Lot 524
 
Lot 524 - De Bry (Theodore) Tabula Geographica nova...

De Bry (Theodore) Tabula Geographica nova Omnium oculis exibens, map of Guiana after Hondius, to accompany 'Americae pars VIII', from an account of the explorations of Sir Walter Raleigh, depicting the fictitious lake Parime with the city of El Dorado on its northern shore, strapwork title and text cartouches upper right and lower left, a large compass rose and another half rose, various wild animals, including armadillo, tortoise, and lion, an Amazonian warrior and a headless man, engraved map, 335 x 450mm., uneven lower sheet edge missing off blank corner of plate, [Frankfurt am Main], [1599].

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