This lot is subject to Artist's Resale right
Abraham ORTELIUS
NATOLIAE QUAE OLIM ASIA MINOR NOVA DESCRIPTIO (Shows Cyprus) with AEGYPTI RECENTIOR DESCRIPTIO with CARTHAGEINIS CELEBERRIMI SNUS TYPUS
Antwerp
Copper engraving
Three maps on one folio sheet.
Total sheet size 41 x 52.5 cm
Provenance
private collection, Cyprus
Literature
Zacharakis 2489
Exhibited
Estimate
€ 350 – 550
Notes
From Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum first published in 1570 and continued to be published in at least another 31 editions over the next 50-60 years.
NATOLIAE QUAE OLIM ASIA MINOR NOVA DESCRIPTIO
– The main map depicts Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
AEGYPTI RECENTIOR DESCRIPTIO
– The second map depicts the region around the Nile.
CARTHAGEINIS CELEBERRIMI SNUS TYPUS
– The third map depicts the environs of the city of Carthage (now known as Tunis)