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3:44 AM PST, 12/23/2013
SELLING A LIFETIME COLLECTION OF OLD BOOKS AND MAPS
This auction is for A SUPERB DECORATIVE MAP
A MAP OF THE NORTH POLE AND
PARTS ADJOINING
First appeared in 1680
This is a fine reproduction made twenty years ago of A charming English polar chart published in Oxford by Moses Pitt in 1680 as part of an intended twelve-volume atlas to compete with the great Dutch cartographers of the period. Only four volumes were ever published, and few of the other maps can compare with the peculiarly English feel of this simply designed and colourful map. (Collection: Jonathan Potter Ltd.)
Condition
Map is 12" x 9"
Very fine condition clean and bright
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