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Lot 87
Sale 2600 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 27, 2023
11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$700 -
1,000
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$599
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[Maps & Atlases] (Ortelius, Abraham)
Cypri Insulae Nova Descript
(Ortelius, Abraham)
Cypri Insulae Nova Descript
(Antwerp), 1573. Engraved map with hand-coloring. Dutch text on verso. Approximately 14 1/2 x 20 in. (368 x 508 mm). In mat and unexamined out of double-pane glass frame, 23 5/8 x 29 in. (600 x 737 mm). Handsome map of Cyprus from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, with an inset view of Lemnos, and depictions of ships and a sea monster.