"Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

This is the first state of this splendid composite of six maps of the major islands in the Mediterranean: Sardinia, Sicily, Corfu, Djerba, Elba, and Malta. Each map is beautifully engraved and embellished with a variety of ships including a sinking ship off the coast of Malta where Saint Paul was supposed to have shipwrecked. French text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #141.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with gilt highlights on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark. There is marginal soiling and professional repairs to a separation along the centerfold and a couple of short tears in the blank margins.