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Description

Rare full length portrait of Christopher Columbus looking at a globe and holding a book and dividers, from Johann Michael Funcke's Neu-eröffnetes Amphi-Theatrum, worinnen III. aus dem gantzen America alle Nationen nach ihrem Habit in saubern Figuren repräsentiret ..., published in Erfurt.

This marvelous portrait of Columbus is the title page to the third part of a work issued in 5 parts, from 1722 to 1728. The work is very rare, with no examples appearing at Auction in the past 50 years.

Reference
Sabin 1348.