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Nova Totius - Silver Metallic Foil Finish World Map Print Mounted on B - $35 (Woodstock)
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Vintage-style decorative double-hemisphere world map print with the Latin title across the top:
“NOVA TOTIVS TERRARVM ORBIS GEOGRAPHICA AC HYDROGRAPHICA TABVLA”
This is a full-color print on a reflective metallic foil finish (silver/metallic sheen) It has a beautiful silver shimmer that changes with lighting and viewing angle.
Print is mounted on a 1/16" board and is ready for install in a 20 x 16" standard frame (available anywhere). Great for an office, library, study, nautical decor, travel theme, or map/cartography display.
Measurements (approx.)
Print: ~ 16.5" x 12.5"
Center Mounted on 1/16" Gray mat board: 20 x 16 (ready for standard frame)
Condition
Pre-owned. Print presents clean and bright. Metallic foil finish reflects light (photos show glare/shine depending on angle). Mat show light normal wear consistent with age; no major damage noted. Back of board had some glue dots attached at some point but has since been removed. See Photos for details.
Ships carefully packed to protect the image and mount.
Keywords: vintage map, world map print, metallic foil, foil finish, double hemisphere, antique map style, cartography, nautical decor, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis.
ANTIQUE WORLD MAP
Reproduced in Full-Color Metallic Etching
This colorful map was made in Europe following the Renaissance period and after much exploration had already taken place. Translated from Latin, the map’s title means, “A new map of all the lands and all the seas of the entire earth.” It is interesting to note that the old map makers were concerned with making their maps as attractive as they were accurate. In fact, many of the map makers were more anxious to deal with beauty than with fact. The colorful artwork on this map illustrated newly discovered lands as well as home ports. Even though much exploration had been accomplished by the time this map was completed, there was still a certain amount of superstition connected with the sea, as shown by the sea creatures and mythical sea personalities at the top of the map. Now we regard these old maps as works of art—an art that has been lost in our practical and orderly world.
Art from the Archives of Brown & Bigelow
PUBLISHED BY GRAPHICS GROUP, INC., MPLS., MN