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Lot 48: Arabia --[ Gastaldi, Giacomo] , Secundae partis Asiae, typus. [Antwerp]: Gerard de Jode, [1578], 325 x 505mm., double-page engraved map, Latin text on the verso, small printer's creases affecting lower part of the map

Est: £4,000 GBP - £6,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 13, 2008

Item Overview

Artist or Maker

Literature

Karrow, Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century, 30/91.2; Tibbetts, Arabia in Early Maps 38

Notes

rare first edition of De Jode's map of Arabia and southern Persia after Gastaldi. De Jode's delineation of Arabia is superior to that of his rival, Abraham Ortelius.

Auction Details

Natural History, Travel, Atlases & Maps

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Sotheby's
November 13, 2008, 12:00 PM GMT

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