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BLAEU, Willem Jansz Europa recens descripta. [Amsterdam W. & J. Blaeu 1642 or 1647] Engr., 41,2 x 56 cm, hand-coloured (min. ink-soiling in right lower corner). Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout. Blaeu’s map of Europe is a fine example of the decorative carte-à-figures style with town views (a.o. Amsterdam, Prague, Constantinople, Rome, Paris and London) in the upper border and costumes of noblemen and women from various European nations down the sides. Third state, with the imaginary island of "Frisland", from the 1642 or 1647 Dutch ed. of the "Theatrum orbis terrarum [...]" (leaf D, num. 5). Ref. Koeman I Bl 26A or 29A. - Van der Krogt II [1000:2]. - Schilder MGN VI:26.3.
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BLAEU, Willem Jansz Europa recens descripta. [Amsterdam W. & J. Blaeu 1642 or 1647] Engr., 41,2 x 56 cm, hand-coloured (min. ink-soiling in right lower corner). Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout. Blaeu’s map of Europe is a fine example of the decorative carte-à-figures style with town views (a.o. Amsterdam, Prague, Constantinople, Rome, Paris and London) in the upper border and costumes of noblemen and women from various European nations down the sides. Third state, with the imaginary island of "Frisland", from the 1642 or 1647 Dutch ed. of the "Theatrum orbis terrarum [...]" (leaf D, num. 5). Ref. Koeman I Bl 26A or 29A. - Van der Krogt II [1000:2]. - Schilder MGN VI:26.3.
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