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“Rhetiae Alpestris Descriptio, in qua Hodie Tirolis Comitatus [on sheet with] Goritiae, Karstii, Chaczeolae, Carniolae, Histriae, et Windorum Marchae Descrip.” by Abraham Ortelius

“Rhetiae Alpestris Descriptio, in qua Hodie Tirolis Comitatus [on sheet with] Goritiae, Karstii, Chaczeolae, Carniolae, Histriae, et Windorum Marchae Descrip.” by Abraham Ortelius

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Subject: Southern Europe

Creator: Ortelius, Abraham

Date: 1581 (published)

Color: Hand color

Size: 19.7 x 13.4 inches

Source: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Description: 

Two regional maps printed on a folio sheet. The Tirolian map covers the Austrian and Italian Alps. The second map continues south of Austria to show part of Slovenia, Croatia and the Istria Peninsula. French text on verso.

Condition: B+ due to a d ark impression with a couple of printer's creases, light show-through of text on verso, and old manuscript notations in the blank margins.

References: Van den Broecke #116

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