Dec 08, 2016 - Sale 2434

Sale 2434 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 5,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of the Western Hemisphere. 15 3/4x21 1/4 inches sheet size, Latin text on verso; hand-colored; plate printed askew on sheet resulting in uneven margins, center-fold reinforced on verso with old paper, area at center bottom repaired into plate, few very tiny worm holes, mounting tape on verso. [Antwerp, 1571]

Additional Details

First plate, second state. With "the bulge" in South America. Burden 39; Van den Broecke 9.2 1571L.