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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 133 - closed 9/1/2010

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Lot #436: "Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss. Descript. Iacobo Surhnoio Montano Auctore" Abraham Ortelius

Antique map chart Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss Descript Iacobo Surh
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Estimate:
$475.00 - $550.00
Sold for: $350.00

Lot 436
By: Abraham Ortelius
Subject: Luxembourg
Date: 1579

Publication:

Condition: B+
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Color: hand color

Size: 19.3 x 14.3 inches
49.1 x 36.4 cm

Ortelius' great map of Luxembourg was based on the 1551 manuscript map of Jacques Surhon. The map had been suppressed for security reasons and it did not appear until 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time. The map is finely detailed and beautifully decorated with a large title cartouche. Latin text on verso with page number 26 indicates this map was published in the 1579 Latin edition.

A beautiful example with several small, faint child's drawings of coats of arms within the map. There is a faint damp stain in the upper blank margin.


Ref: Van den Broecke #60.

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