Ortelius´s famous map of Iceland 1609
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THE MOST FAMOUS EARLY MAP OF ICELAND. ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Islandia. Antwerp 1609.
Handcoloured (near contemporary colour) engraved map with 3 cartouches and sea monsters in colours, together with many other animals such as polar bears, foxes, cows, and the eruption of the vulcano Hekla. Size about 340x490 mm. Spanish text on verso. A few minor spots to map, centrefold with slight wear and with small repair to lower part, minor crease to the left part, some soiling and minor spotting to margins, minor notes in pencil.
Van den Broecke 161.1 (with key letters added for the monsters). Spanish edition with page number 116 (325 copies printed). The Iceland map was first published in 1587.
From the atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, first edition printed 1570 by Abraham Ortelius´ (1527-98).
The map was drawn by a Danish mapmaker, Anders Sorensen Velleius (or Vedel). It also has many interesting details such as polar bears playing on ice floes, or hunting foxes ("Here is clever hunting by foxes, that inspect birds nests and destroy them" or "The Hekla, perpetually condemned to storms and snow, spews stones under terrible noise", translation from the Latin text).
Auktionsnummer:
6229
Datum:
2017-06-20