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ORTELIUS, Abraham(1527 Antwerp - 1598 Antwerp)
Map of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
Colored copper engraving.
Passepartout cut-out: 34.5 x 50.5 cm. Framed & behind glass: 61 x 67.5 cm.
Detailed map of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, with scrollwork cartouche "Saxoniae, Misniae, Thuringiae, Novae exactissimaq. Descriptio"; from "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", 1603. crease, creased, somewhat stained.
Flemish geographer and cartographer. His work "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (1517 - 1612) is considered the first modern and commercially successful atlas and is regarded as a summary of 16th century cartographic knowledge.
Limit 20 €
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