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Ortelius, Abraham

Aprutii Uterioris Decriptio.

1590-1612., Antwerp:: 1590
  • $500
Hand colored, double-page engraved map, 325 x 425 mm (14" x 18"), Latin text on verso. Wide margins, minor soiling in margins, slight aging; otherwise bright and clean with strong impression. Ortelius (1527-1598) is typically viewed as the creator of the modern atlas. He started his career as a map-engraver around 1547, and by 1570 he published the first edition of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Atlas of the Whole World), which included seventy maps, many engraved by Frans Hogenberg. This map is colorful impression of Abruzzi, Italy, and it was probably published in 1612.
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