Ortelius, Abraham. Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca Quae Augustae Vindel. Eight segments composed on four separate sheets.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $1,500

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author

(PEUTINGER MAP)

Place

Antwerp, first edition 1598 (or later)

Description

Hand-colored.

references

Laor 562.

summary

Tabula Peutingeriana ("The Peutinger Map") is an illustrated itinerarium showing the layout of the cursus publicus, i.e. the road network of the entire Roman Empire. Comprising four double-page unjoined mapsheets, it stretches from England’s South East all the way across Europe and North Africa to India. The Holy Land is displayed in the lower half of Segment VI.

Each 17 x 22 inches (43 x 56 cm) to mat. Each finely framed (uniform).

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