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Amsterdam, (c.1670) 1689 Orginal Color example of the De Wit map of Africa: TOTIUS | AFRICÆ | Accuratissima Tabula, | denuo correcté revisa, | Multis locis aucta, in Partes | tam maiores quam minores | divisa. Per F. de Witt Amstel. | Cum Priv. D.D. Ord. Holl. et West-fr. Original copperplate
engraved map |
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This large, folio map by Frederick de Wit (1629/30-1706) is finely and attractively engraved with a scene surrounding the title cartouche that shows ‘typical’ figures of North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, along with trade goods and elephants and lions. It is a classic late seventeenth century map of Africa by probably the foremost mapmaker and publisher working in The Netherlands after the demise of the Blaeu and Hondius-Janssonius publishing houses. For much of the geography on this map, De Wit follows his earlier map of 1660 with its decorative borders which in turn was based on the geography of the Jodocus Hondius Jr. map of 1623 and the Willem Blaeu map of 1617. This is the fifth state of the map of 1689 with a new title and with De Wit's privilege (copyright). A total of six states of this map were found, along with some variants. Reference: Betz # 114.5. Betz, Richard L., with Penelope W. Betz. The Mapping of Africa: A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700. 't Goy-Houten, The Netherlands: HES & De Graaf Publishers, 2007. Fine Condition. Several
filled small wormholes on centerfold. Conservation tissue
on verso to support some "bleed-though" of the original color
(quite typical with De Wit maps due to the heavily acidic
content of the green pigment used by De Wit's colorists). |
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