"Transilvania", Ortelius, Abraham
Subject: Romania
Period: 1571 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17 x 12.3 inches
43.2 x 31.2 cm
This strongly engraved map of the fabled area in present-day Romania shows mountain ranges, forests and the fertile river valleys. It is decorated with three strapwork cartouches, including one that credits Sambucus' map of 1566 as the basis of this map. First state with Dutch text on verso marked page 43. There were only 1675 copies of all editions of this plate and Van den Broecke estimates that 275 copies of the 1571 Dutch edition were printed.
References: Van den Broecke #152.1; The Map Collector #36, p.5
Condition: B+
Lovely old color on watermarked paper with light printer's ink residue and minor offsetting. There are faint damp stains confined to the blank margins.
