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Auction 180, Lot 703

"Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1572 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.7 x 12.8 inches
50 x 32.5 cm
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Handsome map of the famed Barbary coast based on Gastaldi's Africa. The map extends from Morocco to Libya and the western Mediterranean showing the proximity of the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, southern Italy and Sicily. Richly engraved with place names, mountains, and numerous spurious lakes in the Sahara Desert. The title is contained in a strapwork panel across the top. Two fantastic sea monsters and a sailing ship ornament the map. French text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #176.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with gilt highlights on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark. There is marginal soiling, a vertical printer's crease at right, and professional repairs to several tears at bottom.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $230

Closed on 11/18/2020

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