Bar scales given in "leucae Hispanicae" and "milliaria Germanica communia.", From Blaeu's Le theatre du monde ... Amsterdami : Apud Guiljelmum et Iohannem Blaeu, 1635., In French on verso, with caption title "De la terre ferme, & du nouveau Royaume de Granade & de Popayan" and signature 7D., and Shows southern part Central America and northwestern part of South America.
Publisher:
Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit,
Subject (Geographic):
Colombia--Maps--Early works to 1800, Panama--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Venezuela--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French and Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French
Bar scales given in "leucae Hispanicae" and "milliaria Germanica communia.", From Blaeu's Le theatre du monde ... Amsterdami : Apud Guiljelmum et Iohannem Blaeu, 1635., In French on, and Shows southern part Central America and northwestern part of South America.
Publisher:
Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit,
Subject (Geographic):
Colombia--Maps--Early works to 1800, Panama--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Venezuela--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French and Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. Theatrum orbis terrarum. French
Manuscript on paper of an alchemical text with illustrations of procedures pictured symbolically as taking place in flasks.
Description:
Binding: Modern English (?) binding of stiff parchment, the upper cover with a painting in colors closely copying the watercolor drawing which occurs as fig. XXIV on f. 27r of the manuscript. Plain edges., In Latin and French., Mellon MS 124, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965., Script: Written in a practiced cursive sloping to the right, sometimes carelessly but with care taken in the captions, the writing sometimes very small., and Watermarks: Paper watermarked with a crowned cartouche, a conventional design on the shield, the name "D & C Blauw" below; compare the much larger (later?) examples cited by Heawood, 3267-3268.