"Caletensium et Bononiensium Ditionis Accurata Delineatio [on sheet with] Veromanduorum Eorum que Confinium Exactissima Descriptio. Iohanne Surhonio Auctore", Ortelius, Abraham

Two maps on a folio sheet. Calentensium covers the coastline between Calais and Estaples in very good detail, based in part on a four-sheet map by Nicolas de Nicolay. Veromanduorum covers a small region surrounding Saint-Quentin in northern France. The cartographical source of the map was Jean de Surhon who received royal privilege to make a map of the region in 1557. Each is covered with tiny forests and cities and has a decorative title cartouche. French text on verso. This map was replaced in 1598 with a map showing the Veromanduorum region with north at the top.

References: Van den Broecke #44.

Condition: B+

A nice impression with gilt highlights on paper with a bunch of grapes watermark, some small mildew stains along the centerfold, and archival repairs to a short tear at top right and a worm track in the left blank margin.