Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
Cape & Colonial Silver & Furniture, International & South African Art Day Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 500 - 3 500
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 928
About this Item
Joan Blaeu
Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior
The hand-coloured map bears a large title piece with a cartouche of native huntsmen, monkeys and tortoises. Depicts Southern Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to the Congo on the left, and Mozambique on the right.
36,5 by 48cm excluding frame
Literature
Grooten Atlas Volume 8, first edition and Norwich-Stone, Maps of Africa, pages 174/175, Map no 154.
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