Published by (Abraham Ortelius). (circa1584)., (Antwerp)., 1584
Seller: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Two engraved maps on laid paper each 30.3 x 19.5 cm printed on the one sheet 48 x 60 cm, original fold, attractive hand colour, with related French text on verso, slight toning and spotting to the margins, but the maps in very good condition, preserved in a modern window mount. Attractive maps of the German coast published in Ortelius' great atlas "Theatrum Orbis.". The left-hand map showing the mouths of the Elbe (complete with sea monster) and Eider Rivers, and the coast of Schleswig-Holstein; the right-hand map of the Baltic coast, with the Pomeranian islands of Rugen and Usedom.