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Ortelius´s map of Africa 1598

Ortelius´s map of Africa 1598
Ortelius´s map of Africa 1598
Ortelius´s map of Africa 1598
Ortelius´s map of Africa 1598

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8500 SEK

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6 000-7 000 SEK

Beskrivning

AFRICA. ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Africam Graeci Libyam app: Africae tabvla nova. Antwerp 1598 (5th state).

Hand-coloured engraved map with figurative cartouche with caryatids, sea beasts and ships in a sea battle. C. 370x500. French text on verso, page number 4. Repair on verso, some minor spots, small repair to lower and upper margin near centrefold, some tape marks on verso, margin with some soiling. Framed.

Van den Broecke, 8.5, 1598 F4 (525 copies printed) (last line, in cursive script unlike the rest of the text: "De regimine iter agentium).
From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, first published in 1570. Fifth state of six.

Auktionsnummer:

6193

Datum:

2017-06-20