Lot Essay
This is taken from the first plate before it was cracked and repaired so dating it between 1570 and 1579 at the latest.
Details
Ortelius (Abraham): Typus Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, [1570 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, 340 x 490mm., Latin text on verso (small repair to central fold). [Shirley 122]