Ortelius's map of Barbary in fine colour

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio.
Antwerp: Jan Baptist Vrients, 1603, Latin edition. Fine original colour. 330 x 500mm.

Minor restoration to lower centre fold.

A decorative map of north-west Africa and the western Mediterranean, with the Canary Islands, derived from Gastaldi's four-sheet map of Africa. The interior is filled with mythical lakes.

VAN DEN BROECKE: 176.
Stock ID : 23807