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1603 Abraham Ortelius
$ 1,300.00
Description
Fine full color example of De Jode's rare map of the British Isles, oriented with West at the tot. Fine dark impression, with wide margins. From the first edition of De Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum, the second general atlas of the world, after Ortelius. The first edition of De Jode's atlas was not a commercial success, making maps from theis first edition very rare. Shirley 173.