VRIENTS, Jan Baptist & Abraham ORTELIUS. Angliae et Hiberniae Accurata Descriptio, Veteribus et Recentioribus Nominibus Illustrata, Antwerp: 1605 [but 1606 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map, galleons, sea monster and mythological figures, genealogical table (trimmed close to plate marks at sides), 432 x 575mm., framed and glazed. Shirley 275: "In the English text version of Ortelius' atlas of 1606, and in subsequent editions, Jan Baptist Vrients included an exceptionally fine map of England, Wales and Ireland."

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VRIENTS, Jan Baptist & Abraham ORTELIUS. Angliae et Hiberniae Accurata Descriptio, Veteribus et Recentioribus Nominibus Illustrata, Antwerp: 1605 [but 1606 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map, galleons, sea monster and mythological figures, genealogical table (trimmed close to plate marks at sides), 432 x 575mm., framed and glazed. Shirley 275: "In the English text version of Ortelius' atlas of 1606, and in subsequent editions, Jan Baptist Vrients included an exceptionally fine map of England, Wales and Ireland."

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