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Auction 202, Lot 478

"Thietmarsiae, Holsaticae Regionis Partis Typus. Auctore Petro Boeckel [on sheet with] Prussiae Descriptio ante Aliquot Annos ab Henrico Zellio Edita, ab eoq D. Ioanni Clur, Civi Gedanensi Ded:", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Northern Germany & Kaliningrad

Period: 1573 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.3 x 11.9 inches
43.9 x 30.2 cm
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Two maps on a folio sheet, each with decorative cartouches and a ship or sea monster. The first covers the region known as Dietmarschen in Schleswig Holstein at the mouths of the Elbe and Eider rivers including Brunsbuttel and Meldorf. The cartouche attributes the map to Petrus Boeckel. The second map covers part of the Prussian Empire, which is the present-day Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (here Kunigsberg). Ortelius based this map on the work of Heinrich Zell. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #88.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with light soiling mostly along the centerfold and small chips along the edges of the sheet, well away from map image.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/12/2025

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