'NOVA ORBIS TABULA IN LUCEM EDITA' AN ENGRAVED MAP OF THE WORLD BY FREDERICK DE WIT (DUTCH...

'NOVA ORBIS TABULA IN LUCEM EDITA' AN ENGRAVED MAP OF THE WORLD

BY FREDERICK DE WIT (DUTCH 1630-1706) ,C.1670

second state, hand-coloured, depicting the two hemispheres, with California depicted as an island with additional hemispheres of the north and south poles, the spandrels with allegorical vignettes representing the four seasons, elements and the signs of the zodiac, in a later moulded gilt and glazed frame

47 x 56cm