A Magnificent Portolan Atlas signed by a Member of the Leading Family of Chart-makers of the Mediterranean
A Magnificent Portolan Atlas signed by a Member of the Leading Family of Chart-makers of the Mediterranean
By OLIVA, Franciscus [II], 1658
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Description
Author: OLIVA, Franciscus [II]
Publication place: Marseille
Publication date: 1658.
Physical description: Portolan atlas (510 by 340mm) comprising of 10 manuscript charts on vellum (six double page and four single page) pasted on thick card, coloured in ink wash and gouache throughout and heightened in gold, lavish decorative motifs on compass roses, scale bars, armorial shields and name cartouches, each chart within a simple yellow border, the outlines in sepia, main islands in gold, the rest in red, blue, green, coastlines red, blue, green and pink, rivers in blue, main names in red and the rest in brown ink, rhumblines in sepia, red and green; some typical signs of wear, particularly on the borders, resulting in some tears and losses which in some cases have been reinstated; owner label pasted to upper marbled paper pastedown, contemporary vellum binding.
Inventory reference: 14774
Provenance
Ex Libris Gertrude Hamilton (1887–1961), with the Hamilton family motto ‘Viridis et Fructifera’ under an oak tree. Gertrude was the great-great-granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton.