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Auction 178, Lot 387
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"Illyricum", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Western Balkans

Period: 1581 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.1 x 14.7 inches
48.5 x 37.3 cm
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Handsome map of the coastal region of Slovenia and Croatia based on the cartography of Johann Sambucus (1572) and Hirschvogel (1565). It is filled with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages and decorated with a strapwork title cartouche. This is the first state, with French text on verso. A short crack in the plate is visible in the border at left.

References: Van den Broecke #144.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with minor marginal soiling.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 6/10/2020

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