"Campania", Ortelius/Vrients
Subject: France
Period: 1601 (circa)
Publication: Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.6 x 3.3 inches
11.7 x 8.4 cm
This delicately engraved miniature map of the Champagne region northeast of Paris is decorated with a strapwork title and scale cartouches. Paris, Epernay, Chalon, Bar le Duc and many more towns are named. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand 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. Italian text on verso.
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Condition: A
Very good with light toning at margins, light show-through of text on verso.
