Moses Pitt, Landkarte Schwarzmeersenke - photo 1
Moses Pitt, Landkarte Schwarzmeersenke - photo 1

Moses Pitt, Landkarte Schwarzmeersenke

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Auction dateClassic
26.05.2018 12:00UTC +02:00
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Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
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Germany, Plauen
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ID 74501
Lot 3829 | Moses Pitt, Landkarte Schwarzmeersenke
bezeichnet ”Taurica Chersonesus, Hodie Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur”, zeigt den südlichen Teil des ukrainischen Schildes im Norden, die Halbinsel Krim mit dem Taurischen Gebirge und die Schwarzmeerküste im Süden, figürliche Kartusche mit russichem Bauernpaar, Meilenanzeiger in mit Putti verzierter Vignette, Kupferstich, Amsterdam, um 1680, bei Janssonius-Waesberge und Moses Pitt, in der Darstellung bezeichnet ”Excudebant Janssonius-Waesbergii et Moses Pitt”, Abzug von einer älteren Platte um 1630, Bugfalte und Heftfahne, geglätteter Knick in der rechten Hälfte, mäßige Erhaltungsmängel, ungerahmt, Darstellungsmaß ca. 38 x 50 cm. Künstlerinfo: engl. Karthograph, Buchhändler, Schriftsteller und Verleger (ca. 1639 St. Teath/Cornwall? bis 1697 London?), stammt aus St. Teath/Cornwall, ab 1667 in London nachweisbar, arbeitete mit Johan van Waesbergen zusammen und wollte auf Grundlage des ”Grand Atlas” von Blaeu und Janssonius mit Unterstützung der Royal Society einen Atlas in 12 Bänden herausgeben, es wurden 1680-83 lediglich 4 Bände fertiGelbgoldestellt, die meisten seiner Karten basierten auf Platten von Janssonius und Visscher, Pitt selber stellte nur eine Karte A Description of Places next to the North Pole her, das Unternehmen ruinierte ihn finanziell und er musste für seine Schulden 7 Jahren im Gefängnis büßen, erscheint 1691 als Autor des Buches ”The Cry of the Oppressed (Der Schrei der Unterdrückten)” in dem er seine Schuldhaft verarbeitet, 1654 bis 1696 als Kartograph nachweisbar, tätig in London, Quelle: Internet.
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