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Lot 166
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Abraham ORTELIUS

Flemish, 1527 – 1598

INSULAR ALIQUOT AEGAEI MARIS ANTIQUA DESCRIP.

copper engraving – coloured

c.1584
Antwerp
36 x 47 cm (not including margins)

Provenance

private collection, Cyprus

Literature

Zacharakis 1620, Stylianou (67)

Exhibited

Estimate

€ 1 000 - 1 700

Notes

A map of Cyprus ringed by the smaller inset maps of Lesbos, Rhodes, Rhenia, Delos, Icaria, Evia, Chios, Lemnos, Kea and Samos. From Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.