Lot 134
This lot is subject to Artist's Resale right
Abraham ORTELIUS
Flemish, 1527 – 1598
CYPRI INSULAE NOVA DESCRIPT - 1573
Antwerp
Copper engraving – Coloured
35 x 49 cm (not including margins)
Provenance
private collection, Cyprus
Literature
Zacharakis, A Catalogue of Printed Maps of Greece, 1477-1800, No. 2490/1614
Exhibited
Estimate
€ 700 – 1 200
Notes
An early and important map of Cyprus with an inset map of the island of Lemnos lower right. First published in 1573 in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius. The plate is signed and engraved by the Dutch engraver J. van Deutecum. The map is framed.