Balkan States
Inc. Bulgaria, Romania & Transylvania
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Romania 'Daciarum, Moesarium, Que Vetus Descriptio' Ortelius, A. (c. 1618) 46 x 36 Superb map of classical Eastern Europe by Abraham Ortelius. Published by Petrus Bertius in the Atlas "Theatrum Geographiae Veteris". This rare atlas compiled by Bertius used purchased Ortelius copperplates and other plates from Mercator to publish a classical atlas similar to the Ortelius Parergon. The map covers the area of Eastern Europe, bisected by the Danube river and approximately corresponding to Romania and Bulgaria. To the east, the Black Sea. Features include three fine cartouches. Latin text to verso. Later hand colour. Condition-excellent. 595.00 GBP |
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Bulgaria 'Thraciae Veteris Typus' Ortelius, A. (c. 1618) 48 x 36 Superb map of classical Thracia by Abraham Ortelius. Published by Petrus Bertius in the Atlas "Theatrum Geographiae Veteris". This rare atlas compiled by Bertius used purchased Ortelius copperplates and other plates from Mercator to publish a classical atlas similar to the Ortelius Parergon. The map covers the area of Eastern Europe,south of the Danube river and approximately corresponding to modern Bulgaria, and northern Greece To the east, the Black Sea and the waterway from the Black sea to the Aegean through the Hellespont is finely mapped. Features include three fine cartouches. Latin text to verso. Later hand colour. Condition-excellent. 495.00 GBP |
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Transylvania Ortelius, A. (c. 1603) 10 x 8.5 Fine early map of Transylvania by Abraham Ortelius, engraved in small format by Philippe Galle, and published in the Epitome, or pocket-edition of the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". This map from an English text edition of c. 1603 published in London and thus one of the first world atlases published in England. Fine condition. Later colour 90.00 GBP |
