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Auction 143, Lot 754

"Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio", Ortelius/Marchetti

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1598 (published)

Publication: Il Theatro del Mondo

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4 x 2.7 inches
10.2 x 6.9 cm
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Handsome miniature map of the famed Barbary coast based on Gastaldi's Africa. The map extends from Morocco to Libya and the western Mediterranean showing the proximity of the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, southern Italy and Sicily. The map features many place names and spurious lakes in the Sahara Desert. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On a full sheet of Italian text (5.5 x 7.5").

References: King (2nd Edition) pp. 78-79.

Condition: A

On watermarked paper with show-through of text on verso and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 2/13/2013

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