Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn. Hiberniae
Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt, map of Ireland, based on Mercator's 1564 wall map of the British Isles and shown with west oriented to the top, engraving with fine early hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of two crossed arrows, platemark 355 x 480 mm (14 x 18 7/8 in), sheet 435 x 540 mm (17 1/8 x 21 1/4 in), wide margins, Latin text verso, central vertical fold with expert repairs to splitting visible verso, expertly repaired tear lower right, minor nicks and tears to lower left margin reinforced verso, marginal loss to upper left corner restored, well outside the map, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Antwerp, circa 1590s]
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Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt, map of Ireland, based on Mercator's 1564 wall map of the British Isles and shown with west oriented to the top, engraving with fine early hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of two crossed arrows, platemark 355 x 480 mm (14 x 18 7/8 in), sheet 435 x 540 mm (17 1/8 x 21 1/4 in), wide margins, Latin text verso, central vertical fold with expert repairs to splitting visible verso, expertly repaired tear lower right, minor nicks and tears to lower left margin reinforced verso, marginal loss to upper left corner restored, well outside the map, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Antwerp, circa 1590s]
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