ENGLAND and WALES SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) and ABRHAM ORTELIUS. Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum
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ENGLAND and WALES
SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) and ABRHAM ORTELIUS. Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum, double-page hand-coloured engraved map after Christopher Saxton, large decorative cartouche, decorated with naval battle, Latin text on verso, small hole in sea area [Shirley 258], 385 x 480mm., [Antwerp, Vrients, 1603]
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A fine and scarce map, probably engraved by Pieter van den Keere and not found in other editions of Ortelius' atlas except, sometimes, in the Spanish text version of 1602 (Shirley). See illustration overleaf.

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