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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 105 - closed 12/3/2003

Featuring 670 lots of rare antique maps, charts, pocket maps, globes and atlases
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Lot #441: [Lot of 3] Hispania [together with] Gades [and] Valentiae Regnum

Antique map chart Lot of 3 Hispania together with Gades and Valentiae
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Estimate:
$275.00 - $325.00
Sold for: $200.00

Lot 441
By: Ortelius/Coignet
Subject: Spain & Portugal
Date: 1601

Publication: Epitome theatri orbis terrarum

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 4.8 x 3.3 inches
12.2 x 8.4 cm

A nice group of miniature maps engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Gerdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. Each map is decorated with sailing ships, sea monsters and strapwork cartouches.

Light damp stains in blank margins.

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