Live auction - Lot 636
[Iceland]
Islandia.
Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1592
€ 350 / 500
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Lot description
Copper engr. 33,7 x 49,5 cm, hand-coloured (central folding, some brown spots).
Framed (verso also under glass).
One of the best maps of Iceland at the moment of its appearance. From the Latin 1592 edition of Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Ref. van den Broecke, Ort 161.1 (with key letters for monsters). - van der Krogt [1250:31] and [31:041].
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