Name of map : Artois/ARTESIA
Cartographer : Ortelius (1527-1598)
Stock number : 5980;
Map number : Ort 73; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): 115
State number of plate: 1
Copy from edition: 1592 Latin. This map was used from 1587 to 1592;
Estimated number of copies printed: 1000
Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 20
Area displayed : Artois
Plate size : 373 x 484 mm;
Paper size : 438 x 552 mm;
Margins, left : 35 mm, right: 36 mm;
upper : 24 mm, lower: 41 mm;
Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;
Paper color : off white;
Age of map color: old, original color;
Imperfections
margins : some soiling of lower right corner; brown spot in upper left margin
plate area : none;
verso : none;
Overall quality : perfect/EXCELLENT/very good/good/fair/mediocre/poor
Remark : this is by far the rarest of the two Ortelius maps of Artois.
Price : € Euro 800