Egypt.- Ortelius (Abraham) Aegyptus Antiqua, two-sheet
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Egypt.- Ortelius (Abraham) Aegyptus Antiqua, two-sheet map of ancient Egypt, with inset map of Alexandria and its surroundings, the bottom sheet with dedication cartouche to the humanist and medical doctor Scipio Fabio of Bologna, with strap-work cartouches, ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea, pyramids, and decorative border, engravings, with early hand-colouring, on laid paper both with crossed arrows watermark, each platemark approx 402 x 482 mm. (15 7/8 x 19 in), sheets 455 x 570 mm. (17 7/8 x 22 1/2 in), Latin text on verso, good margins, central vertical folds, minor nicks to extremities, some surface dirt and finger-soiling, unframed, [Antwerp, 1584] (2).
Literature:
VdB 219.1 and 220.1
Literature:
VdB 219.1 and 220.1
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Egypt.- Ortelius (Abraham) Aegyptus Antiqua, two-sheet
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