[Netherlands] Abraham Ortelius. Ca. 1580

Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris. Map in copperplate from: Ortelius. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp. Ca. 1580. Framed under glass in mount (map image 38 x 51 cm., frame 55 x 67 cm.). This map in later colouring and in good condition. Ortelius was a geographer and cartographer; he maintained relations with many European scholar and cartographers and published the first modern atlas from 1570. The atlas saw many reprints, improvements and extensions.