Subject: Africa - Northern
Period: 1652 (circa)
Publication: Accuratissima orbis antiqui delineatio
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.5 x 14.6 inches
52.1 x 37.1 cm
Decorative map of the coastline covering present-day Tunisia and Libya. It is based on Ortelius' map of the same title, which in turn was based on Gastaldi's great map of Africa and the ancient texts of Diodorus, Siculus, Plinius, Virgilius, Appianus, Halicarnasseus, Athenaeus and Herodotus. The map extends to include Sicily and Malta. Richly embellished with a fine title cartouche and a large text block enclosed in a strapwork cartouche.
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Condition: A
Faint spots in wide margins with a couple of tiny repaired tears, else very fine.