ORTELIUS ABRAHAM Typus Orbis Terrarum

Sale 2610 - Lot 145

Price Realized: $ 6,250

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Typus Orbis Terrarum. Double-page engraved map of the world. 16 3/4x20 1/2 inches sheet size, wide margins, Dutch text on verso; original hand-color; professionally conserved with repairs to margins and center fold, early ink mathematical notations on blank side of verso. Antwerp, 1598

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An unusual and scarce edition preserving the billowing cloud spandrel borders of plate 2 but also showing an updated geography eliminating the South American "bulge" as found in plate 3.

Shirley 153; Van den Broecke 2.3 1598D1 (25-50 copies printed).