Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus Auctus et Icunculis Illustratus
Publisher/ Year:
Minden, Johann Detleffsen, 1716
Sheet Size:
40.3 x 48.5 cm (15.9 x 19.1 inches)
Plate Size:
36.3 x 47.7 cm (14.3 x 18.8 inches)
Outstanding and rare example of a bible world map based on the Visscher bible map from 1657 (Shirley 401/414). This map is larger in size and has an extra engraved frame around the original Visscher map. With the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. Showing double-hemisphere world with two solar charts and two small celestial charts. Surround with allegorical representation of the continents. From a German bible printed in Minden by Johann Detleffsen in 1716.
Lower centerfold backed in margin, some brown spots.
