“Typus chorographicus, celebrium locorum in regno Iudae et Israhel.”

AUCTION 83 | Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art

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Lot 159
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM

“Typus chorographicus, celebrium locorum in regno Iudae et Israhel.”

Double-page hand-colored copperplate map. 17 x 21.5 inches (43 x 54 cm).

Antwerp, first edition 1590 (or later):

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $400
From: Abraham Ortelius. Additamentum IV Theatri orbis terrarum. Antwerp, Officina Plantiniana, 1590. p.19. Decorated with Baroque-style title cartouche upper left and imprint cartouche lower right with mileage-scale. The shoreline runs from the southwestern Rhinocorura to the northeastern Beirut. With Latin text on verso: “Ivdaea et Israhel.” Although dated 1586, the map was first published in 1590.