| auction house |
Hereditas Antikvárium |
| date of auction |
d-m-Y H:i |
| title of auction |
Fair Partner ✔
14. Könyvárverés |
| date of exhibition |
2024. november 25 - december 5. | hétköznap 11.00 - 17.00 óráig |
| auction contact |
+36 30 442 1386 | info@hereditasantikvarium.hu | www.hereditasantikvarium.hu |
| link of auction |
https://axioart.com/aukcio/2024-12-06/14-konyvarveres-hereditas |
166. item
de Jode, Cornelis: Hemispheriu(m) ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu(m) Poli Arctici – Hemispheriu(m) ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu(m) Poli A(n)tarctici.
Antwerpen, 1593.
Rare, double-polar projection world map. Appeared only in the second and final edition of de Jode’s “Speculum Orbis Terrarum”, published in Antwerp in 1593. One of the most spectacular maps of the 16th century (no wonder it was Rodney Shirley’s choice for the cover of his bibliographical work). Following Gerard de Jode’s death, Cornelis did not use the cordiform projection preferred by his father, but he employed a similar border scheme of windheads and clouds. He relied primarily on the more recent 1581 map by Guillaume Postel and a set of anonymous gores from 1587, resulting in several unusual delineations. In the northern hemisphere, he also represented the Strait of Anian, separating America and Asia, and the Northwest Passage according to contemporary assumptions. Even the Terra Australis Incognita occupying a large part of the Southern Hemisphere – and expanding until the Indonesian archipelago in the east – was drawn on the basis of hypotheses of the time. Although de Jode’s map was more accurate than Ortelius’ “Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio”, his atlas sold poorly, which is the reason for the comparative rarity of de Jode’s maps today.
Dimensions: 325 x 525 (400 x 545) mm. Clear, strong print.
Shirley: 184.
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