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Rhetiae alpestris descriptio, in qua hodie Tirolis Comitatus./ Goritiae, Karstii, Chaczeolae,Carniolae,Histriae, Et Windorum Marchae Descrip.

  • ARTIST: Abraham Ortelius

  • MEDIUM: Copperplate engraving,

    DATE: 1573 (c.1612).

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 3/8 x 19 1/2" (34 x 49.6 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine map of the Balkans. Ortelius is best known for producing the atlas, "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, or Atlas of the Whole World". The atlas was immensely popular and was produced for over forty years.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: From a Spanish text edition with '76' in the back, unrecorded by van den Broecke.

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for some pepaired tears in the outter margins, well away from image. Black & white

  • REFERENCE: van den Broecke # 116.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps