Lot 08580

ORTELIUS Abraham, “Archipelagi Insularum aliquot descrip. / Candia insula – Metelino – Cerigo – Scarpanto – Nicsia – Santorini – Milo – Stalimene – Negroponte – Rodus – Scio”,

Handcoloured copper engraved map by A. ORTELIUS with inset maps of Lesvos, Kythira, Karpathos, Nisiros, Santorini, Milos, Lemnos, Euboea, Rhodes and Chios. According to Zacharakis, this is the second state of this map, printed between 1592 and 1595, with additions of islands and placenames comparing to the first state first issued in 1584. Verso text: Latin. Size: 50 x 36 cm. (53 x 43 cm. with margins). Sunning and browning, upper corner margins chipped. Zacharakis 2497.