Live auction - Lot 632
Brightly coloured copy
[World]
Typus Orbis Terrarum.
16th c
€ 3.000 / 4.000
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Lot description
Copper engr., c. 34 x 49,5 cm, hand-coloured (central fold sl. visible at the top).
Framed (verso not visible).
First state (in the first version) of one of the most famous world maps, directly based upon the 1569 map by Mercator. Engr. by F. Hogenberg.
Ref. Van den Broecke (2011) Ort1. - Shirley (1993) 122.
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