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Handcolored engraved map Ortelius Abraham 1527-98 First Image

Handcolored engraved map Ortelius Abraham 1527-98

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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio. 1592. (1 of 2)

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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Romani Imperii Imago. 1592. (1 of 2)

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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus Corographicus. 1592. (1 of 2)

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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Africae Tabula Nova. 1592. (1 of 2)

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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Turcici Imperii Descriptio.1592. (1 of 2)

[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Turcici Imperii Descriptio.1592.[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Turcici Imperii Descriptio. Antwerp, 1592. Engraved map with hand-coloring. Matted, framed, and double glazed, sight 406 x 521 mm (unexamined out of frame). Decor

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[MAPS]. ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Angliae Regni Floren... (1 of 2)

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[EUROPE -- NETHERLANDS] -- ORTELIUS, Abraham (1 of 1)

[EUROPE -- NETHERLANDS] -- ORTELIUS, Abraham [EUROPE -- NETHERLANDS] -- ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Belgii Veteris Typus. [Antwerp], 1584. Engraved map with later hand-coloring, 298 x 506 mm sight, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).

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Ortelius Map of Three Spanish Cities (1 of 2)

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Very Rare Mexico Nova Hispania 1579 Hand Colored Map (1 of 13)

Very Rare Mexico Nova Hispania 1579 Hand Colored Map ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. 1570. It is considered to be the first modern atlas. Map of New Spain (Mexico), 1579. Printed in Antwerp by Christophe Plantin (1588). Etching.

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[LOW COUNTRIES]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Descriptio (1 of 4)

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Antique Map, Abraham Ortelius (1598 - 1627) "Maris Pacifici" Hand Colored Engraved Map of the Pacifi Antique Map, Abraham Ortelius (1598 - 1627) "Maris Pacifici" Hand Colored Engraved Map of the Pacific Ocean. Map includes North and South America and parts of Southeast Asia. Site size: 14 1/2 x 20. L

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