Auction 72 · Lot 274
“Palaestinae sive totius terrae promissionis nova descriptio…” Hand-colored copperplate map, two sheets cojoined.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM.
Place
Antwerp, first edition 1595 (or later)
references
cf. Laor 541.
summary
From: Abraham Ortelius. Thetrum orbis terrarum, Antwerp, Officiana Plantiniana - Johannes Moretus, 1595.
This is the third variant of the first Holy Land map by Ortelius. Decorated with Baroque-style title cartouches, the upper left differs from earlier examples in its content: A quote from Deuteronomy chap. 8 and imprint cartouche lower right with mileage-scale.
17.625 x 22.25 inches.
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