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[Title page] Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia. . . |
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The lovely title page from Homann's Grosser Atlas uber de Gantsa Welt (Grand Atlas of all the World)with striking color and features. It shows Atlas and Hercules / Herakles heroically supporting the starry night sky and the heavens in their upturned hands.
To their left you see the morning sun, and birds heralding the dawn of a new day to chase away the night.
These two colossi stand on an earthly globe showing the continents of Africa and Europe. In the foreground are mythological and allegorical figures; some sit while others stand.
These figures include Poseidon or Neptune with his Trident, Ceres / Demeter with a scythe in her hand and a wheat sheaf, plus the relaxed figure of Mercure / Hermes with a chicken between his legs. Other figures represent the winds that shape the world's weather and guide mariner's ships across the oceans, or beset others with tempests and storms.
Behind Neptune / Poseidon is his queen, and she holds a galleon in her hand, representing expeditions and voyages of discovery to far away lands yet to be explored. Around the title and publishing credits are fruits and produce. A Lion is seen passively asleep.
For many years beautiful frontispieces and decorative title pages have been overlooked, as they are not maps per se, but more recently collectors have woken up to their potential as aesthetically pleasing items in their own right.
These figures include Poseidon or Neptune with his Trident, Ceres / Demeter with a scythe in her hand and a wheat sheaf, plus the relaxed figure of Mercure / Hermes with a chicken between his legs. Other figures represent the winds that shape the world's weather and guide mariner's ships across the oceans, or beset others with tempests and storms.
Behind Neptune / Poseidon is his queen, and she holds a galleon in her hand, representing expeditions and voyages of discovery to far away lands yet to be explored. Around the title and publishing credits are fruits and produce. A Lion is seen passively asleep.
For many years beautiful frontispieces and decorative title pages have been overlooked, as they are not maps per se, but more recently collectors have woken up to their potential as aesthetically pleasing items in their own right.
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