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ORTELIUS, Abraham. Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar Insularum Descriptio, [Antwerp: ca. 1570 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map, Latin text on verso (stained and torn at foot of centrefold, repaired at margins, lightly browned), 342 x 497mm., framed and glazed. Shirley 86: "Ortelius' British Isles map is distinguished by a more sophisticated and ebullient style of engraving than most of the German and Italian examples hitherto."
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