"Persici sive Sophorum Regni Typus", Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius based this fine map of the Persian Empire in part on Gastaldi's 1564 map of Asia Minor and on his own 1567 map of Asia. The map is filled with village and city names. Decorative elements include a large strap work title cartouche and a distance scale surmounted by a strange bestiary creature. Latin text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #167.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with a coat of arms watermark. There are professional repairs to some chips along the edges of the sheet and to several small worm holes in the image at top, with a minute amount of the image skillfully replaced in facsimile.