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Stock# 105298
Description
Decorative map Europe, Iceland and part of Greenland, with sea monsters and land creatures.
Large decorative cartouche.
Scherer's Atlas Novus was a 7 volume compendium which demonstrated his unique style and devout Jesuit religious values. The atlas was engraved by a young Johann Baptiste Homann and others, demonstrating a unique quality which makes this the first "thematic atlas".
Condition Description
Engraving on 18th-century laid paper.
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