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375 x 485 mm., in recent wash colour, small lower margin split professionally repaired just outside the image, otherwise in good condition.
An attractive uncommon map depicting the region of Artesia in France. This map was first published in the French edition of 1587 of Abraham Ortelius' 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', the first modern atlas of the world. It is derived from a manuscript map of Jacques Surhon made in 1554. Van der Broecke notes that he was paid 36 Livres for his work. It was however not printed due to the conflicts in the border region at the time. It was only later when Antwerp had been independent of the Catholic influences for a short time that Ortelius published it. This example bears Spanish text to the verso and appeared in the 1588 edition. Indeed the map only appears in four editions of the atlas, it was replaced by a new plate in 1595. Van den Broecke, M. 73; Meurer pp. 250-1.
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