[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Aevi Veteris, Typus Geographicus. Antwerp, 1601.

Engraved map with hand-coloring. Matted, framed, and double glazed, visible area 343 x 470 mm (unexamined out of frame). Miniature vignettes of the four continents in each corner, decorative cartouche at the center. Latin text on verso. (Surface area expertly washed.)

Ortelius' rendering of the ancient world as it was known in the classical area on a large oval projection. This map was later included in the Appendix to the Ptolemy-Mercator atlas of 1618-19 and in a late version of the Parergon published in 1624. Shirley 176; Van den Broecke Ort186 (1601Lvj).
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia