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Friuli. "Fori Iulii Accurata Descriptio". Orig. copperplate engraving after J. Sambucus 1573 map. Published by A. Ortelius in Antwerp, 1592. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche, another 3 ornament. cartouches, a sea creature, scale of map, wind rose and the city of Venice in lower left corner. 36:48 cm.
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Ortelius, Abarham
Antwerp
1592
Friuli. "Fori Iulii Accurata Descriptio". Orig. copperplate engraving after J. Sambucus 1573 map. Published by A. Ortelius in Antwerp, 1592. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche, another 3 ornament. cartouches, a sea creature, scale of map, wind rose and the city of Venice in lower left corner. 36:48 cm (14 1/4 x 19 inch.).
V. d. Broecke 119; Koeman III, map 7171:31B, ed. 31:041 (1592 Latin). - A very decorative map of Friuli with depiction of the Alps at the top and Istria peninsula on the right. Based upon a manuscript map by Johannes Sambucus sent to Ortelius, shortly before 1573, itself based on an anonymous Venetian map of Friuli, from the 1560's.