"Galliae Narbonensis Ora Marittima Recenter Descripta [on sheet with] Sabaudiae, et Burgundiae Comitatus Descriptio; Auctore Aegidio Bulionio Belga", Ortelius, Abraham
Subject: Southern France & Switzerland
Period: 1571 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.6 x 11.8 inches
44.7 x 30 cm
Two decorative maps on a full folio sheet. The map of Galliae Narbonensis is focused on the coast of Provence including Marseille, Narbonne and the Rhone estuary, with west oriented at the top by a unique compass rose. This map was compiled by Carolus Clusius for Ortelius. The map of Savoy, Burgundy and Western Switzerland is based on Boileau de Bouillion's map of 1556, and it is roughly centered on Lake Geneva. Both maps are adorned with strapwork cartouches. Latin text on verso.
References: Van den Broecke #48.
Condition: A
A dark, early impression on a bright sheet with a small coat of arms watermark. There are professional repairs to a hole in the bottom margin and to some small worm holes in the image with a minute amount of the image skillfully replaced in facsimile.
