Name of map : Açores Insulae
Cartographer : Ortelius (1527-1598)
Stock number : 4698
Map number : 24; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): 95
State number of plate: 1
Copy from edition: 1609 Spanish, a very rare edition, so far unrecorded.
Page signature: 15
Estimated number of copies printed: 4425
Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 161
Area displayed : the Azores islands
Plate size : 329 x 467 mm;
Paper size : 461 x 546 mm;
Margins, left : 40 mm, right: 42 mm;
upper : 55 mm, lower: 72 mm;
Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;
Paper color : off white;
Age of map color: later coloring, expertly executed;
colors used: blue, red, yellow, green, orange, pink;
Imperfections
margins : some soiling of lower right corner;
plate area: none;
verso : none;
Overall quality : perfect/EXCELLENT/very good/good/fair/mediocre/poor
Price : € Euro 975