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Auction 186, Lot 481

"Carpetaniae Partis Descr. 1584 [on sheet with] Vardusorum, sive Guipuscoae Regionis Typus [and] Hanc Insulam Perlustrabat, et sua Manu Depingebat Georgius Hoefnaglius Antverpian. Belga", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Northern & Southern Spain

Period: 1584 (dated)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.2 x 15.4 inches
48.8 x 39.1 cm
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Three maps elegantly composed on one folio sheet. The semicircular map of Cadiz is taken from a manuscript map drawn by George Hoefnagel during his stay from 1563-1567. The Carpetaniae map is very accurate but from an unknown source. The source of the Guipuscae map is also unknown, but de Jode also published it in 1578. Latin text on verso, published in 1603.

References: Van den Broecke #31.

Condition: A

Crisp impression on a bright sheet with marginal soiling and small remnants of paper tape on verso along the right edge of the sheet.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 2/9/2022

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