"Prussiae Regionis Sarmatiae Europeae Nobiliss. Vera et Nova Descriptio...", Ortelius, Abraham
Subject: Baltic
Period: 1584 (dated)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16.9 x 14.3 inches
42.9 x 36.3 cm
Superb map of the Prussian Empire, which includes present-day Poland, Lithuania and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (here Konigsperg). Ortelius based the map on the work of Caspar Henneberger (1576). This is the less common first plate with a ship sailing to the bottom right of the title cartouche and a different title, which appeared in editions from 1584-92. German text on verso, published in 1584.
References: Van den Broecke #156.
Condition: A
Full contemporary color on a watermarked sheet with a printer's crease at bottom right, a short centerfold separation at bottom, and marginal soiling.
