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"Poictou - Pictonum Vicinarumque Regionum Fidiss Descriptio Auctore Nobili Dno Petro Rogiero Pictone...", Ortelius, Abraham

Subject: Western France

Period: 1579 (dated)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Black & White

Size:
19.8 x 14.3 inches
50.3 x 36.3 cm
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Beautifully decorated map of the Poitou region of western France between Nantes and Limoges based on a lost original map by Pierre Rogier. Large cities are depicted pictorially, including Nantes, Limoges, La Rochelle, Poitiers, and Saintes. The map is embellished with three strapwork cartouches. Dutch text on verso, published between 1598-1613.

References: Van den Broecke #38.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a sheet with the crossed arrows watermark commonly found on Ortelius maps. There is a faint dampstain at upper left, some light foxing, and a pair of wormholes along the upper centerfold.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Unsold

Closed on 2/11/2026

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