Item details: Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss Descript. Iacobo Surhonio Montano Auctore
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£ 395.00
ORTELIUS, Abraham
Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss Descript. Iacobo Surhonio Montano Auctore
Imprint: Antwerp, 1579-[80]
370 x 500 mm., in fine wash colour.
This is the only map of Luxembourg in the famous Abraham Ortelius "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". It first appeared in the 1579 edition and this example comes from the German edition published the following year. The map was originally drawn by Jacques Surhon for which he received 500 Livres in payment from Charles V in 1551. It was however never published. Van den Broecke, M. 60.1; Van der Vekene 102A.
Stock number:4685.