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Upper Palatinate and Strasbourg (Rhine). "Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio" and "Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio" Orig. copper-engraving, A Ortelius, 1584 after E. Reich resp. D. Speckel. Original old colouring. With two ornamental cartouches. Two maps on one...
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Ortelius, Abraham
Ortelius, A.
Antwerp
1584
Upper Palatinate and Strasbourg (Rhine). "Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio" and "Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio". Orig. copper-engraving, A Ortelius, 1584 after E. Reich resp. D. Speckel. Original old colouring. With two ornamental cartouches. Two maps on one sheet. 30:49 cm (11 3/4 x 19 1/4 inch.).
V. d. Broecke 112a,b; Koeman III, map 2670+2525:31, ed. 31:031 (1584 Latin)- Ortelius' map of Bayern is based on the map by Erhart Reich. The map of the Rhine, both south and north of Strassbourg is based on Daniel Specklin's three-sheet map of the Elzas of 1576. The Bavaria map includes Regensberg, Nuremberg and Bamberg.