Typus Orbis Terrarum - Alte Landkarte

Autor: Ortelius, Abraham

Verlag: Ortelius, Abraham

Verlagsort: Antwerp

Erscheinungsjahr : 1592

Die Welt. "Typus Orbis Terrarum". Original copperplate engraving from A. Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1592. Coloured. With title in decorative border with medallions containig Cicero's and Senec's quotes. 35,5:49 cm.

Shirley: The Mapping of the World, map 158; V. d. Broecke 3; Koeman III, map 0001:31C, ed. 31:041 (1592 Latin). - A nice example of the Ortelius' third map of the modern World from 1587. - One of the most famous world maps ever made. - Centerfold preventively professionally underlaid with japanese paper, otherwise very well preserved.

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Stichwörter: Alte Landkarte, Alte Landkarten, Antike Karten, die Welt, Weltkarte, Typus Orbis Terrarum, Ortelius, 1587, Kupferstich, 1592