Dec 12, 2002 - Sale 1955

Sale 1955 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 1,610
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip. Double-page engraved map, 360x490 mm, wide margins, Latin text on verso; hand-colored; green color darkened to brown, scattered soiling (appears to be removable); short early owner's manuscript note near the top of the image. Antwerp, 1579

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Though ostensibly a map of Scandinavia, the image is much sought after by collectors of American subject maps. A portion of North America appears in the upper left corner. This is the first state of the map. Burden 40.