"Helvetiae Descriptio, Aegidio Tschudo Auct.", Ortelius, Abraham
Subject: Switzerland
Period: 1571 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Black & White
Size:
18 x 13.6 inches
45.7 x 34.5 cm
An early map of Switzerland with north oriented at the bottom of the chart. The map was based on the work of Aegidius Tschudi, a historian of the Swiss Confederation. The title is engraved onto the top of an unusual three-dimensional title box. Latin text on verso.
References: Van den Broecke #115.
Condition: B+
A dark impression on paper with the crossed arrows watermark commonly found on Ortelius maps, with some printer's ink residue. There are professional repairs to separations along the centerfold and to a nearly invisible tear that enters 5" into image at top
