Live auction - Lot 521
With the fantasy islands of Friesland and St. Brandain
[Europe - Scandinavia]
Septentrionalium regionum descrip.
ORTELIUS, Abraham
Hammer price: €
1.300
€ 400 / 500
Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)Bidding is closed
Lot description
Copper engr., 36,2 x 48,6 cm, hand-coloured (few names added in an unobtrusive, contemp. hand).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
Intermediary state between 1st and 2nd from one of the Latin ed. of 1573, 1574 or 1575 "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (leaf 60, no pagination).
Ref. Van den Broecke (2011) Ort160.1 and 160.2.
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