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Auction 172, Lot 513

"Rhetiae Alpestris Descriptio, in qua Hodie Tirolis Comitatus [on sheet with] Goritiae, Karstii, Chaczeolae, Carniolae, Histriae, et Windorum Marchae Descrip.", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Southern Europe

Period: 1581 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.7 x 13.4 inches
50 x 34 cm
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Two regional maps printed on a folio sheet. The Tirolian map covers the Austrian and Italian Alps. The second map continues south of Austria to show part of Slovenia, Croatia and the Istria Peninsula. French text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #116.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with a couple of printer's creases, light show-through of text on verso, and old manuscript notations in the blank margins.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $130

Closed on 4/17/2019

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