after Johannes STRADANUS – Allegory of America

New Hollstein nr 323 (II/IV). Very good impression of 2nd state (of 4), with P. Galle’s address. Vertical median fold, fracturing slightly at the top; a few trous d’épingle; restored lower right margin. Watermark : dobble C crowned. Firs plate (after the title) of the set “Nova Reperta” or “New Inventions of the Modern Era…”, 1588-91. The preparatory drawing in reverse is held at the Metropolitan Museum (New York)..