"Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris", Ortelius, Abraham

This highly decorative map of The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg is presented in an oval strapwork border with the cardinal directions enclosed in roundels in the corners. The map is filled with detail of the rivers, villages and towns, forest and marshes. Putti hold the title cartouche aloft with ships and a sea monster embellishing the North Sea. French text on verso, published in either 1572 or 1574.

References: Van den Broecke #58.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a sheet with the crossed arrows watermark commonly found on Ortelius maps. There is a short archivally repaired centerfold separation at bottom and a bit of minor staining and pair of wormholes in the top blank margin. On ruled paper.