“Typus chorographicus, celebrium locorum in regno Iudae et Israhel. arte factus a Tilemanno Stella Sigenensi” Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.
AUCTION 69 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 279
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM
“Typus chorographicus, celebrium locorum in regno Iudae et Israhel. arte factus a Tilemanno Stella Sigenensi” Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.
Antwerp, first edition 1590 (or later):
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $900
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.