LOT 0393 A RENAISSANCE MAP, "Europæ," ABRAHA…
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A RENAISSANCE MAP, "Europæ," ABRAHAM ORTELIUS, ANTWERP, 1570-1612, hand colored copperplate engraving on paper, a fragment from an edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the "first modern world atlas," compiled and published by cartographer Abraham Ortelius (Barbantian 1527-1598), plate engraving attributed to Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590), showing modern day Great Britain, Europe, and portions of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Anatolia, Turkestan, Russia, a compass rose upper right, a distance scale, and a title banner in the form of a nude female personification of Europe seated atop a golden bull on a classical stepped plinth. Sheet: 15 3/8" x 20 1/4" Plate: 13 1/2" x 18 1/2" Provenance: Property from a Corporate Collection, Houston, Texas. Property from a Corporate Collection, Houston, Texas
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