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Detailed map of Brescia in northern Italy from Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The map is oriented with east at the top and shows Lago gi Garda, Brescia, Lago d’Iseo, Lago di Idro. From the French edition of Theatrum published in Antwerp, 1598.
- Dimension: 33 x 47 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1598
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The territories represented encompass the modern Middle East—including Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Iraq (Mesopotamia, recorded on the map by its ancient name, Babylonia), and the entirety of the Arabian Peninsula. However, the map extends far beyond these borders, embracing an exceptionally broad geographical horizon: From West to East: It stretches from the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean (Maris Terranei Pars) and the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) to the remote lands of India this side…
- Dimension: 45,5 x 35,5 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1624
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A fascinating historical map by Abraham Ortelius depicting the Indian Ocean (here referred to as the Erythraeum vel Rubrum Mare), understood in its classical sense: a vast basin stretching from the eastern coasts of Africa to the mysterious reaches of Southeast Asia. Published in the 1624 edition of the Parergon—Ortelius’s famous historical atlas—and printed in Antwerp at the prestigious printing house of Balthasar Moretus, the map stands as a true geographical and literary masterpiece: not…
- Dimension: 36,5 x 46,5 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1624
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Affascinante carta geografica storica della Toscana etrusca compilata dallo stesso Abraham Ortelius che si basa sulla mappa del Bellarmato del 1558 filtrata attraverso gli scritti di Livio, Plinio, Alicarnasso e Virgilio. La carta, che si estende fino a comprendere parte del Lazio fino alla foce del Tevere comprendendo anche Roma, è arricchita in alto a destra da un decorativo cartiglio con il titolo sotto il quale è posto un secondo inserto di gusto rinascimentale con…
- Dimension: 32 x 48,5 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1624
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A fine map of the ancient kingdoms of Judea and Israel based on Tilleman Stella’s maps of 1552 and 1557
- Dimension: 35,5 x 46,5 cm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
- Year: 1624
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A fine portrait of the physician Vopiscus Fortuantus Plempius, active in Amsterdam and Leuven / Louvain engraved by Paulus Pontius after Gerard ter Borch [cfr. Hollstein Dutch 112]
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 272 x 168 mm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
