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THBOrtelius' Africa with original color
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150 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
United States
The Old Print Shop, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1988. Specialist art gallery in American art including painting, drawing and printmaking from 1700 to contemporary, antique maps and atlases, artist's books and reference books. Our staff and owners are experts in American art, assist in colle...Read more
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TimedJun 5, 2017 - Jun 19, 2017
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- Lot Description
Africae Tabula Nova.
By Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp. 1570 - c.1598.
Copper plate engraving.
Four sheets joined to form two. Image 14 3/4 x 19 3/4" (37.4 x 50.4 cm) plus margins
Ortelius’s beautiful map of Africa. First issued in 1570, this map was a cornerstone map for the continent. Ortelius based it on contemporary maps by Gastaldi, Mercator, and Forlani and others. Ortelius is best known for producing the atlas from which this map comes from, "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, or "Atlas of the Whole World". The atlas was immensely popular and was produced for over forty years. Richly embellished with a handsome cartouche, a sea battle and several sea monsters. From a circa 1598 French text edition. Plate cracking evident in title cartouche.
Van den Broecke, "Ortelius Atlas Maps" #8; Norwich "Maps of Africa" #10.Condition
Good condition save for some minor splitting in lower centerfold. Original hand coloring.
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