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Auction 131, Lot 663
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"Prussiae Vera Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Northeastern Europe, Poland

Period: 1595 (circa)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.2 x 14.3 inches
46.2 x 36.3 cm
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Superb map of the Prussian Empire, which is present day Poland, Lithuania and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (here Konigsperg). Ortelius based the map on the work of Caspar Henneberger (1576), and this is the second version with the more elaborate title cartouche and two ships sailing in the stipple engraved sea. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #157.1.

Condition: B+

Sharp impression and lovely color with faint toning along the centerfold. There are a few tiny edge tears at top, none near the map.

Estimate: $500 - $600

Sold for: $375

Closed on 3/17/2010

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