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Auction 166, Lot 505

"Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio. Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sig.", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Northern Germany

Period: 1603 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17 x 14.6 inches
43.2 x 37.1 cm
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Attractive regional map of Germany centers on Mansfeld and Eisleben with nice detail along the Wipper and Saale Rivers. Based on the cartography of Stella and Mellinger, the map is graphically engraved to illustrate the forests and marshes and filled with place names. Engraved by Franz Hogenberg. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #94.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a clean, bright sheet with minor marginal soiling and an archivally repaired tear confined to the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Unsold

Closed on 2/14/2018

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