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Auction 164, Lot 500

"Hollandiae Antiquorum Catthorum Sedis Nova Descriptio, Auctore Iacobo a Daventria", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Netherlands

Period: 1603 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.2 x 13.9 inches
48.8 x 35.3 cm
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This spectacular map is centered on Amsterdam and shows the region around the Waddenzee. The map is filled with place names and great detail on the fractured land and waterways in this portion of Holland. Decorated with a large strapwork title cartouche, scale of miles with a divider, fancy 16-point compass rose, and the Royal coat of arms. The seas are fully engraved and decorated with sailing ships and a small fishing boat. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #79.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a clean, bright sheet with one tiny tear along the bottom edge of the sheet that has been archivally repaired on verso.

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Unsold

Closed on 9/13/2017

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