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Auction 182, Lot 612
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"Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Mediterranean Islands

Period: 1572 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.6 x 14.1 inches
47.2 x 35.8 cm
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This is the first state of this splendid composite of six maps of the major islands in the Mediterranean: Sardinia, Sicily, Corfu, Djerba, Elba, and Malta. Each map is beautifully engraved and embellished with a variety of ships including a sinking ship off the coast of Malta where Saint Paul was supposed to have shipwrecked. French text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #141.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with gilt highlights on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark. There is marginal soiling and professional repairs to a separation along the centerfold and a couple of short tears in the blank margins.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Sold for: $400

Closed on 4/28/2021

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