Item details: Rhetiae alpestris descriptio, in qua hodie Tirolis Comitatus/ Goritiae, Karstii, Chaczeolae, Carniolae, Histriae, et Windorum Marchae Descrip.
£ 195.00
ORTELIUS, Abraham
Rhetiae alpestris descriptio, in qua hodie Tirolis Comitatus/ Goritiae, Karstii, Chaczeolae, Carniolae, Histriae, et Windorum Marchae Descrip.
Imprint: Amsterdam, 1573-[88]
340 x 500 mm., in recent full wash colour, early manuscript in left margin, finger marks in lower corners, otherwise in good condition.
The left side of this map bears a beautifully engraved map of Rhaetiae and the Tirol. The right side one of the Istrian peninsula. It is published by Abraham Ortelius in his 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', the first uniform world atlas to be published. This map first appeared in the edition of 1573, this example with Spanish text to the verso appeared in the 1588 edition. The cartography is derived from Wolfgang Lazius in 1561. Karrow 49/21; Van der Broecke 116.
