Artois/ARTESIA


Name of map     : Artois/ARTESIA

Cartographer    : Ortelius (1527-1598)

Stock number    : 6142;

Map number      : Ort 73; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): 115

State number of plate: 1

Copy from edition: 1592L ; page number 39

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      : 451 x 561 mm;

Margins, left   : 39  mm,  right: 41  mm;

         upper  : 42  mm,  lower: 34  mm;

Paper thickness and quality: heavy and strong;

Paper   color   : off white;

Age of map color: uncolored;

Imperfections

     margins    : some soiling at top and bottom centerfold;

     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  675


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