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Auction 175, Lot 465

"Pomeraniae, Wandalicae Regionis, Typ. [on sheet with] Livoniae Nova Descriptio, Joanne Portantio Auctore [and] Ducatus Oswieczensis, et Zatoriensis, Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Eastern Europe & Baltic

Period: 1579 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.6 x 15.2 inches
49.8 x 38.6 cm
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Three fine maps of the Baltic and Polish regions printed on a single folio sheet. The top map features Pomerania and is based on the Peter Artopaus map published in 1550 by Sebastian Munster. The map of Livonia was drawn by Johannes Portantius and is believed to have been based on the lost maps of the region by Marcus Ambrosius and Caspar Henneberger. The map of Oswieczensis was drawn by the Polish cartographer Stanislav Porebski in 1563. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #158.

Condition: B+

On a sheet of paper with a crossed arrows watermark. A few short tears in the Livonia map have been backed on verso with paper. There is minor offsetting, a couple small spots, and a pair of worm holes in the top blank margin.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $170

Closed on 11/13/2019

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