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Auction 128, Lot 774

"Natoliae, Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Eastern Mediterranean - Turkey and Northern Africa

Period: 1598 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9 x 12.6 inches
22.9 x 32 cm
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This finely engraved map of Turkey is oriented with north to the left. The map is based on the cartography of Gastaldi/Forlani (1564). It provides excellent detail and includes Crete, Rhodes and Cyprus. This is the left side of a folio sheet with French text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #174a.

Condition: A

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 5/20/2009

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