"Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris", Ortelius, Abraham
Subject: Low Countries
Period: 1595 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20 x 15 inches
50.8 x 38.1 cm
This highly decorative map of The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg is presented in an oval strapwork border with the cardinal directions enclosed in roundels in the corners. The map is filled with detail of the rivers, villages and towns, forest and marshes. Putti hold the title cartouche aloft with ships and a sea monster embellishing the North Sea. Latin text on verso.
References: Van den Broecke #58.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a sheet with the crossed arrows watermark commonly found on Ortelius maps. There is a tiny wormtrack at center and light dampstaining in the bottom blank margin.
