Very similar to Spofforth’s title page (TP-8) without the figure of Atlas. BN Briet I (fig. 43, State 1); Tooley/Mapmakers, p. 81. Text at bottom left reads: Gab. la Dame in et fe. Winged central figure points to two small maps: ORBIS ANTIQUUS (upper left) and NOVA ORBIS DELINEATIO (lower right), which includes California as an island on one of 2 hemispheres. See general notes. 1649, as State 1, but reissued with new date. Authore PHILIPPO BRIETIO Societatis IESU Sacerdote.
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