Lot 08548

ORTELIUS Abraham, “TEMPE Delineatum et editum auctore Ab: Ortelio”, 1697-1702. Impressive copper plate from GRONOVIUS (Jacobus), “Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum, in quo continentur effigies virorum […] ac doctrinam meruerunt cognosci”, Leiden, Petrus & Balduinus van der Aa, 1697-1702. It provides a depiction of the illusory paradise of the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly, Greece. The view features jovial scenes, under the striking and prominent mountain peaks while Pineios River curves through the valley. Beautiful title cartouche. Engr. dim. 46 x 37cm. Very Fine.