Lot n° 22
Estimation :
150 - 200
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 155EUR
ORTELIUS, A. / GALLE, F. Britannia. Antwerp and Italy, 1589. - Lot 22
ORTELIUS, A. / GALLE, F. Britannia. Antwerp and Italy, 1589. Black and white. Two copies. Low print run for the Italian copy. 75 x 105 mm.
Two miniature maps: one copy published in Abraham Ortelius' "Epitome du Théatre du monde", in 1589; one copy is an Italian copy of Ortelius' map. The map of Brittany appears for the first time in 1588 in "Epitome du Théatre du monde" by Abraham Ortelius, this atlas was the subject of forgeries published in Italy.
- C. Gaudillat, Ancient maps of Brittany 1582-1800, N°2.
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