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D9 ORTELIUS, A. Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum...

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D9 ORTELIUS, A. Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica descriptio. Antwerp, ca. 1575. Black and white. Paper slightly age toned and marginal light spots. 363 x 513 mm. Map of Greece by Ortelius based on Jacobo Gastaldi's 1560 map and published in his atlas "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", considered the first modern atlas. No text on verso. The scale is correctly graduated up to 100. Joint: BLAEU, G. Persia. Amsterdam, ca. 1640. 375 x 497 mm. Col. German text on verso. (With) HONDIUS. Imperium Carolimagni. 373 x 525 mm. Col. Period. Heavily browned. - Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas maps, 146