Lot 35
Seutter, Georg Mattheus. Tabula Anemograpica seu Pyxis Nautica, vulgo Compass. Charte. Ventorum Noia septem linguis graeca. Augsburg, c. 1730. 19½ x 22½", hand colored. Matted and framed to 33 x 36". Based on Janson's 1650 map but Seutter added figures in each corner, representing the four seasons. This map depicts an anemographic, or compass rose, and represents a transitional point in the perception of direction, from the wind rose to the compass rose. Surrounding the sphere are winds personified by a figure bearing the racial characteristics associated with the region or direction represented. Bearded Germans or Scandinavians are in the upper left quadrant, representing north. At upper right, representing east, are beardless, dark-skinned faces. At lower left and right, representing west and south, are figures which probably represent native Americans and Greeks. Thirty-two winds and many wind systems are shown. Each of the winds is identified in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch and German. Anemographic charts were valuable reference tools.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,200.
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| Realized $660 |
