A pirated edition of the Ortelius Epitome map of Poland

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Poloniae descriptio.
Venice: G.M. Turrini, 1655. Coloured. 80 x 105mm.

A miniature map of the Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth, published in 'Il theatro del mondo', an Italian pirate edition of the Ortelius 'Epitome' miniature atlas. First published in 1598, the publication was revived in 1655, forty years after the last edition of the Dutch original.

KOEMAN: Ort 70.
Stock ID : 21727