Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

167 167 c   ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Maris Pacifici. Double-page engraved map of the Pacific Ocean, North and South America, and part of Southeast Asia. 17x21 3 / 4 inches sheet size, wide margins, Latin text on verso; original hand-color, likely refreshed; marginal surface soiling, lower centerfold reinforced on verso, early ink annotation in Latin referring to Magellan’s voyage beneath the ship Victoria. Burden 74; Van den Broecke 12.1 1595L6. Antwerp, 1595 [4,000/6,000] 168 c   ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editiones Locuplessima Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of Spain and Portugal. 16 3 / 4 x21 inches sheet size, ample margins, Latin text on verso; original hand-color in full; pigment oxidation offset, light finger soiling, few minor closed tears at margins, small abraded loss to lower center border scale. Van den Broecke 25.4 1603L16 Antwerp, 1603 [300/500] 169 c   ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of Russia. 16 3 / 4 x21 inches sheet size, wide margins, Latin text on verso; original hand-color in full; marginal finger soiling and minor edge tears. Van den Broecke 162.5 1603L107. Antwerp, 1603 [700/1,000]