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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 124 - closed 5/7/2008

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Lot #521: "Transilvania" Ortelius/Galle

Antique map chart Transilvania
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Estimate:
$160.00 - $200.00
This lot was withdrawn

Lot 521
By: Ortelius/Galle
Subject: Hungary and Romania
Date: 1588

Publication: Epitome du theatre

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 4.3 x 3 inches
11.0 x 7.7 cm

Attractive miniature map of Romania and Hungary and the surrounding region. The tiny map is filled with place names, each symbolized by a tiny castle and pictorial depictions of the mountainous countryside. French text on verso.

Nice original color with some minor marginal toning.


Ref: King (2nd Ed. ) pp. 140-41.

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