| auction house |
Hereditas Antikvárium |
| date of auction |
d-m-Y H:i |
| title of auction |
Fair Partner ✔
2. Könyvárverés |
| date of exhibition |
On view: 2022. május 19 - 26. hétköznap 11.00 - 18.00 óráig |
| auction contact |
+36 30 442 1386 | info@hereditasantikvarium.hu | www.hereditasantikvarium.hu |
| link of auction |
https://axioart.com/aukcio/2022-06-03/2-hereditas-arveres |
173. item
de Jode, Cornelis Hemispheriu(m) ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu(m) Poli Arctici – Hemispheriu(m) ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu(m) Poli A(n)tarctici.
Antwerpen, 1593.
Rare, coloured, double-polar projection world map. Appeared only in the second – and final – edition of de Jode’s „Speculum Orbis Terrarum”, published in Antwerp in 1593. One of the most spectacular maps of the 16th century (it was Rodney Shirley’s choice for the dust jacket of his bibliographical work). Following Gerard de Jode’s death, Cornelis did not use the cordiform projection preferred by his father, but he employed a similar border scheme of windheads and clouds. He relied primarily on the more recent 1581 map by Guillaume Postel and a set of anonymous gores from 1587, resulting in several unusual delineations. In the Northern Hemisphere, he also represented the Strait of Anian separating America and Asia, and the Northwest Passage according to the contemporary assumptions, and even the Terra Australis Incognita occupying a large part of the Southern Hemisphere – and expanding up until the Indonesian archipelago in the east – was drawn on the basis of hypotheses of the time.
Fine, clear copy. Shirley: 184.
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