
Ortelius´s map of Greece late 16th century
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2018-06-19
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MAP OF GREECE. ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Graecia, Sophiani. Antwerpen c. 1579-87.
Hand-coloured engraved map with architectural title cartouche flanked by two mythological figures, and a strapwork scale of miles, c. 350x495 mm. Small tear to upper centrefold, small spot. Framed.
Van den Broecke #215.1. This is the first state.
Depiction of ancient Greece, western Turkey and the Grecian islands based on the 1545 woodcut map by Nikolaus Sophianos.
See text. Not examined out of frame.