Copper engraving map by Abraham Ortelius from his well known atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum': A map showing Palestine, Holy Land, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Arabia - 'Palaestina sive totius terrae pro missionis nova descriptio auctore Tillemanno Stella Sigenensi..' - fine coloured, decorated with 2 big cartouches and in good preservation. Published in Antwerp, 1595.
TITLE:
'Palaestina sive totius terrae....'
CARTOGRAPHER:
Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598)
Ortelius was a Belgian geographer, cartographer and archeologist.
DESCRIPTION:
Aesthetically coloured copper engraving map by Abraham Ortelius from a Latin edition of his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', published in 1595. The map shows Palestine, Holy Land, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Arabia . There are illustrated the courses of rivers, lakes, mountains and towns as well as the Mediterranean Sea. The map is furthermore decorated with 2 very nice looking cartouches.
SIZE:
Leaf app.: about h 38,7 cm x w 50,7 cm
Map app.: about h 34,0 cm x w 45,0 cm
CONDITION:
- in good preservation
- strong paper and print
- age-appropriate browning and stained
- some marginal damages with defect at the lower left corner outside the illustration
- Sheet trimmed close to the image at the upper margin
- handwritten annotations, underlining and markings in dark ink by a previous owner from the past
