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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 109 - closed 12/1/2004

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Lot #517: "Pontus Euxinus Aequor Iasonio pulsatum remige primum" Abraham Ortelius

Antique map chart Pontus Euxinus Aequor Iasonio pulsatum remige primum
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Estimate:
$300.00 - $350.00
Sold for: $300.00

Lot 517
By: Abraham Ortelius
Subject: Black Sea
Date: 1590

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 19.8 x 14 inches
50.3 x 35.6 cm

This map of the Black Sea was made by Ortelius on the basis of modern information presented in Mercator's maps of Southeast Europe, as well as classical sources. It is embellished strapwork title and scale cartouches. Published in the 1612 Latin edition.

Wide margins with faint mat burn not affecting map. Recent color with some bleed through on verso. Remnants of hinge tape on verso.


Ref: Van den Broecke #213.

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