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Auction 187, Lot 548
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"Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Mediterranean Islands

Period: 1620 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 14.3 inches
47 x 36.3 cm
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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. Blank verso.

References: Van den Broecke #141.

Condition: A

A dark impression with professionally repaired centerfold separations at top and bottom.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Sold for: $300

Closed on 4/27/2022

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