World.- Quad (Matthias) Typus orbis terrarum ad imitationem universalis gerhardi Mercatoris..., early map of the World derived from Mercator's planispheric map of 1569, with the addition of the figure of Christ in the upper left quadrant, and a quote from Cicero along the bottom, engraving with early hand-colouring on laid paper, platemark 230 x 315 mm. (9 x 12 1/2 in), sheet 260 x 340 mm. (10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in), central vertical fold as issued with minor repairs to splitting, small marginal nicks, some surface dirt, unframed, [Cologne, circa 1600] § Lasor a Varea (Alphonse) or Savonarola (Raffaele) Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio, double-hemisphere map of the world from 'Universus Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum', based on Mercators' monumental map from 1587, engraving on laid paper without watermark, platemark 195 x 265 mm. (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 in), sheet 220 x 295 mm. (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in), unframed, [circa 1713] (2)
Literature:
(Quad) Shirley, The Mapping of the World, no. 197
(Lasor) Shirley, The Mapping of the World, no. 217
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