Thietmarsia


Name of map     : Thietmarsia

Cartographer    : Ortelius

Stock number    : 1377

Map number      : Ort 88a; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): 101a

State number of plate: 1

Copy from edition: 1587 French; Page signature: 45

Estimated number of copies printed: 4375

Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 161

Area displayed  : Ditmarschen (area NW of Hamburg)

Plate size      : 304 x 194 mm;

Paper size      : 422 x 280 mm;

Margins, left   : 46  mm,  right: 38  mm;

         upper  : 42  mm,  lower: 77  mm;

Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;

Paper   color   : white and fresh;

Age of map color: old, original;

Colours used    : yellow, pink, red, blue, green;

Overall colour impression: authentic and restrained;

Imperfections

     margins    : some small tears in bottom margin;

     plate area : none;

     verso      : none;

Overall quality :perfect/excellent/very good/good/fair/mediocre/poor

Additional remarks: as shown by the text on verso, this plate was
combined with the Rugiae plate but the resulting double folio
has been cut in two, as is often the case with two folio sized plates
on one double folio sheet;

Price           : Euro  275


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