Lot 9: WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon (1533-1606). Beschrijvinghe der Zee Custen van...

WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon (1533-1606). Beschrijvinghe der Zee Custen van Engelandt Tusschen wicht ende Dovern. [Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1588].

Highly decorative map of the English Channel engraved by Joannes van Doetecum, showing the Isle of Wight, Solent, and the coast eastwards to Dover. Koeman IV, Wag 6 (22c); New Hollstein 815/IV.

Engraved double-page map, coloured by a contemporary hand (with some recent retouching of colour and repairs), extending from the Isle of Wight in the west to Dover in the east, German text to verso, German letterpress caption at head, the English towns denominated, coastal profiles running across the head of the map corresponding with the view projection, German and Latin title and scale within ornamental strapwork cartouche, decorated with a compass rose, 2 sea-monsters and a ship, numbered '22' in bottom left-hand corner, 327 x 509mm (plate mark excluding letterpress caption), 392 x 515mm (sheet).