“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
Lot 159
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM
“Typus chorographicus, celebrium locorum in regno Iudae et Israhel.”
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.