Brabantiae, Germaniae inferioris nobilissimae provinciae descriptio.

Engr., 36,5 x 50,3 cm, hand-coloured (sl. toned, light trace of central fold).

Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.

Second state of the first Brabant-map by Ortelius, oriented towards the East, incl. Ortelius' home town Antwerp and the "Nieu Vaert" between Brussels and Willebroek now running east of Vilvoorde (instead of west as in the 1st state). Extracted from the 1573 Latin "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (leaf 20, no pagination).
Ref. Van den Broecke (2011) Ort65. - Brabantia Ducatus 11. - Van der Krogt III:[3100:31A].