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Emporium & Humber Family Collection Auction

Fri, Feb 4, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 357

Danckerts Family - Two Maps of Africa and Asia

Estimate: $500 - $700

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$5,000 $500
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$50,000 $5,000
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Justus Danckerts (1635-1701), Novissima et Perfectissima Africae Descriptio..., Amsterdam, circa 1680, in two sheets, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 19-1/2 x 23 in., sheet 20-1/4 x 23-3/4 in., unframed; Theodorus Danckerts (circa 1663-1727) Exactissima Asiae Delineatio in Praecipuas Regiones Caerterasque Partes..., Amsterdam, circa 1700, in two sheets, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 19-7/8 x 23 in., sheet 20-3/8 x 23-3/4 in., unframed

Provenance: Humber Family, North Carolina

Condition

scattered light staining throughout, wear and small tears to edges; Asiae trimmed at lower edge, some tape remnants at edges; Africae with a few scattered pinholes throughout