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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 111 - closed 6/8/2005

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Lot #543: Hispania

Antique map chart Hispania
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Estimate:
$140.00 - $180.00
Sold for: $140.00

Lot 543
By: Ortelius/Coignet
Subject: Spain & Portugal
Date: 1609

Publication: Epitome theatri orbis terrarum

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 4.7 x 3.1 inches
12.0 x 7.9 cm

Delightful miniature map of the Iberian Peninsula embellished with tiny ships and a strapwork title cartouche. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Gerdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan B. Vrients. Latin text on verso.

Original color with minor soil in blank margins.

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