Title:
“Presbiteri Johannis, sive Abissinorum Imperii descriptio”
Map Maker:
Abraham Ortelius
Copper-engraved map, hand-colored (likely later). ... (full text available to subscribers)
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MapMaker: |
Abraham Ortelius
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Subject: |
Central Africa |
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Period/Size: |
c. 1573 / 14.7" x 17.1" (37.3 x 43.5 cm)
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Color: |
Colored
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Condition: |
Neat repairs along centerfold, crease at top margin crossing into the map that likely occurred during the printing; very good. (condition help) |
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References: |
Tooley, Maps of the African Continent, p.89. |
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Offered by: |
PBA Galleries |
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Catalog: |
Sale 591 - Rare Americana & Travel, Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection 7/28/16 (9350) |
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Lot/Item #: |
472 |
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Date: |
07/2016
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