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ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Théâtre de l'univers, contenant les cartes de tout le monde. Avec une briève déclaration d'icelles, [Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, for the Author], 1581
1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
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ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)
Théâtre de l'univers, contenant les cartes de tout le monde. Avec une briève déclaration d'icelles, text in French, engraved allegorical title, engraved portrait of Ortelius, and 93 double-page engraved maps, ALL COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, some oxidisation, small hole with minor loss to image 5 maps (Culiacanae, France, Picardy, Austria, India Orientalis, mostly to sea area), Europe and America with minor surface abrasion/loss at central fold, America with 2 or 3 further surface abrasions and cut close at lower margin, title and several maps strengthened with old paper on verso, modern green morocco [Koeman Ort. 17; Shirley, World 122], folio (424 x 294mm.), [Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, for the Author], 1581
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THIRD FRENCH EDITION OF ORTELIUS'S LANDMARK ATLAS, COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, complete with allegorical title, portrait of the mapmaker and 93 maps.
Provenance: "Donum Jacobi Crosse i Coll Nov: Oxon, in usum scholae Southton. 1693" at foot of title-page.

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