Lalandiae et Falstriae Accurata Descriptio

Object summary

Title: Lalandiae et Falstriae Accurata Descriptio
Object ID: AF-MX-5035
Date made: 1680-1683
Place made: United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford
Publisher: Janssonio-Waesbergios et Mosem Pitt
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Hand-colored map of Lolland and Falster, Denmark from The English Atlas (1680) by Moses Pitt. The map is decorated with ships, sea monsters, and three highly decorated cartouches. The cartouches are surrounded by putti, livestock, and everyday dutchmen and women.

Inscriptions

Type: graphite
Location: recto bottom left
Text: Date 1680

Type: graphite
Location: recto bototm right
Text: MX 5035 MX 1238

Type: two stamps
Location: verso lower right and left
Text: Forbes Collectin M.I.T.

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