Lot 28
- 28
MOLL, HERMAN
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- MOLL, HERMAN
- To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers ... This Map of North America according to ye Newest and most Exact Observations is most humbly dedicated ... [London:] Sold by H. Moll ... in ye Strand, printed for J. Bowles ... at the Black Horse in Cornhill and T. Bowles ... in St. Paul's Church Yard. And by P. Overton ... Fleetstreet and by John King ... in the Poultry, [ca. 1730]
- paper
Engraved map, on two joined sheets, (22 5/8 x 38 3/8 in.; 598 x 975 mm), hand-colored in outline, dedication and title in cartouche upper left, large engraved vignette "A View of a State & also of ye manner of Fishing for Curing & Drying Cod at New Found Land," and small vignettes of "St. John's Harbour," "Boston Harbor," "New York etc.," "Ashley & Cooper River," "Port Royal Harbour," "The Bay & City of ye Havana," "The Bay of Pto Bella," "La Vera Cruz," "Cartegena Harbour and Forts," and "The Port of Acapulco" in lower left; mounted on old blue paper, 2 small mends in blank portion to the right of the Eskimoes, fold tear in left portion mended with light discoloration and washout of a bit of green outline color off coast of northern California, a few light spots. Matted, glazed and framed.
Literature
Phillips Atlases 554:7; Tooley, America 3:82; Schwartz & Ehrenberg, Mapping of America, p. 140
Condition
mounted on old blue paper, 2 small mends in blank portion to the right of the Eskimoes, fold tear in left portion mended with light discoloration and washout of a bit of green outline color off coast of northern California, a few light spots. Matted, glazed and framed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The "Cod Fish Map", first published in 1710-1715 and then reissued around 1730. Moll depicts southern California as an island based on the Sanson shape but with one or two additional names — Mounts Nevada and St. Martin, P. de Sardines, and four towns in the south (La Conception, St. Nicholas, St. Isidor, and Gigante). His rendering of a cod fishery in Newfoundland is borrowed from Nicolas de Fer's wall map of America, first published in 1698.