Old Maps - Caspian Sea and Kamchatka Peninsula - Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt

J.B. Homann	LJ 0438
	Caspian Sea and Kamchatka Peninsula "Das Caspische Meer", "Das Land Kamtzadalie sonst Jedso" "Geographica Nova ex Oriente gratiosissima, duabus tabulis specialissimis contenta, quarum una Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso curiose exhibet." Orig. coloured copper engraving by Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg c1720, 49 x 58 cm. Very good impression, colours and impression.Walter 120. € 850,-
Two maps on a double-page. At the left side with a map of the Caspian Sea, right side with a map of the Kamchatka Peninsula with the Kuril Islands and Northern Japan (Hokkaido). In the central part a decorative cartouche with allegorical depictions on cartography and astronomy. The title cartouches with Latin text are hold by putti, above a star-women holds an armillary sphere and a telescope, below we see allegories on the survey of the globe and the studies of maps and atlases, with a map of Japan.
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