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Auction 191, Lot 577

"Hungariae Descriptio, Wolfgango Lazio Auct.", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Hungary

Period: 1570 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.4 x 13.9 inches
49.3 x 35.3 cm
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This handsome map covers Hungary, eastern Transylvania, and Bulgaria. Ortelius based this map on Wolfgang Lazius' 1556 five-sheet wall map. It is densely engraved with rivers, lakes, mountains, and hundreds of place names, each represented by a tiny castle. Tiny animals fill the blank spaces. The title spans the top of the map in a strapwork cartouche. At bottom right is a large decorative cartouche containing the rules for Hungarian consonant pronunciation of the place names. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #150.

Condition: A

A nice, early impression on a sheet with an eagle watermark and professional repairs to a few small worm holes in the title at top with a minute amount of the image replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 2/8/2023

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