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

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Lot #720: "Africae Tabula Nova" Abraham Ortelius

Antique map chart Africae Tabula Nova
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Estimate:
$350.00 - $400.00
Sold for: $180.00

Lot 720
By: Abraham Ortelius
Subject: Africa
Date: 1598

Publication: Il Theatro del Mondo

Condition: A
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Color: uncolored

Size: 4.3 x 3.3 inches
11.0 x 8.4 cm

Fine miniature map from this plagiarized Italian version of Ortelius' pocket atlas. The map is derived from Ortelius' folio map of Africa and is embellished with ships and a sea monster. Italian text below and on verso. Published by Pietro Marchetti.

Light soil in margins.


Ref: King (2 ed.) pp. 78-79.

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