"Illyricum", Ortelius/Vrients
Subject: Balkans
Period: 1612 (published)
Publication: Compendio dal Theatro
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.7 x 3.4 inches
11.9 x 8.6 cm
Miniature map of northeastern section of the Balkans - present day Slovenia and Croatia. It is embellished with a strapwork title cartouche, stipple engraved sea. 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 in Antwerp by Plantin Press. Italian text on verso.
References: King (2nd ed.) p. 86-87.
Condition: A
Faint damp stains in blank margins.
