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"Graecia, Sophiani", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Greece, Turkey

Period: 1579 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.7 x 13.8 inches
50 x 35.1 cm

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Lovely depiction of ancient Greece and western Turkey and the Grecian islands based on the 1545 woodcut map by Nikolaus Sophianos. It is embellished with an architectural title cartouche flanked by two mythological figures, and a strapwork scale of miles. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #215.

Condition: A

A nice impression with a minor printer's crease in the bottom distance scale.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $500

Closed on 7/18/2007

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"Graecia, Sophiani", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Greece, Turkey

Period: 1579 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.7 x 13.8 inches
50 x 35.1 cm

Lovely depiction of ancient Greece and western Turkey and the Grecian islands based on the 1545 woodcut map by Nikolaus Sophianos. It is embellished with an architectural title cartouche flanked by two mythological figures, and a strapwork scale of miles. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #215.

Condition: A

A nice impression with a minor printer's crease in the bottom distance scale.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $500

Closed on 7/18/2007

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"Graecia, Sophiani", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Greece, Turkey

Period: 1579 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.7 x 13.8 inches50 x 35.1 cm

Lovely depiction of ancient Greece and western Turkey and the Grecian islands based on the 1545 woodcut map by Nikolaus Sophianos. It is embellished with an architectural title cartouche flanked by two mythological figures, and a strapwork scale of miles. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #215.

Condition: A

A nice impression with a minor printer's crease in the bottom distance scale.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $500

Closed on 7/18/2007

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19.7 x 13.8 inches
50 x 35.1 cm