"Thietmarsiae, Holsaticae Regionis Partis Typus. Auctore Petro Boeckel [on sheet with] Prussiae Descriptio Ante Aliquot Annos ab Henrico Zellio Edita...", Ortelius, Abraham
Subject: Northern Germany & Kaliningrad
Period: 1572 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.1 x 11.9 inches
43.4 x 30.2 cm
Two maps on a folio sheet, each with decorative cartouches and a ship or sea monster. The first covers the region known as Dietmarschen in Schleswig Holstein at the mouths of the Elbe and Eider rivers including Brunsbuttel and Meldorf. The cartouche attributes the map to Petrus Boeckel. The second map covers part of the Prussian Empire, which is the present-day Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (here Kunigsberg). Ortelius based this map on the work of Heinrich Zell. French text on verso.
References: Van den Broecke #88.
Condition: B+
A crisp impression with gilt highlights on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark. There are tiny spots of foxing along the centerfold and marginal soiling. Some worm tracks along the centerfold have been professionally infilled.
