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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 115 - closed 6/21/2006

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Lot #524: "Salisburgensis Iurisdictio" Abraham Ortelius

Antique map chart Salisburgensis Iurisdictio
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Estimate:
$500.00 - $600.00
Sold for: $350.00

Lot 524
By: Abraham Ortelius
Subject: Austria
Date: 1579

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 17 x 13.2 inches
43.2 x 33.6 cm

This unusual regional map is drawn as though on a parchment with its edges curling up to reveal a view of the city beneath it. This is the first of Ortelius' maps of the region surrounding Salzburg with the large bird's eye view of the city in the lower right quadrant. This plate was used for the editions between 1570 and 1595 and was replaced with a much less decorative map for the later editions. It is a superb example of decorative cartography. Latin text on verso.

Light soil and an old paper repair in blank margins.


Ref: Van den Broecke #107.

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