Americae sive Novi Orbis Descriptio


Name of map     : Americae sive Novi Orbis Descriptio

Cartographer    : Ortelius (1527-1598)

Stock number    : 5116

Map number      : Ort 10; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): not identified

 

State number of plate: 1

Copy from edition: 1581 French   Page signature: 5

Estimated number of copies printed: 1475

Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 25

Area displayed  :  North and South America, West Atlantic,

                   Pacific,  New Guinea;

Plate size      :  357 x 494 mm;

Paper size      :  404 x 578 mm;

Margins, left   :  36 mm,  right:  41 mm;

         upper  :  14 mm,  lower:  30 mm;

Paper thickness and quality: very light but strong;

Paper   color   :  white and fresh

Age of map color:  uncolored;

Imperfections

     margins    : none;

     plate area : two tiny wormholes expertly filled;

     verso      : none;

Overall quality :perfect/excellent/VERY GOOD/good/fair/mediocre/poor

Remark: this is the rarest of the three America maps of Ortelius.

 

Price           : € Euro  7950


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