109. "Transilvania" ("Transylvania") map by Johannes Sambucus, printed by Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp, 1598

Starting price

EUR 250

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EUR 300

Session

Thu, 23 March 2023 19:00

Map of Transylvania, drawn by Hungarian scholar, geographer and editor Johannes Sambucus (Janos Zsamboky, 1531-1584) after the one by Honterus, published in Basel in 1532. Originally, Sambucus printed it in Vienna in 1566, after which Ortelius introduced it into his well-known Atlas. Due to the deterioration of the first brass plate, a new plate was made, which has a partially changed appearance, and the present one was introduced into the atlas as of 1575. It is also known as the four-row map, the old one having five rows in the right-hand inset map. On the back, a text on the history of Transylvania and a list of localities in German, Latin and Hungarian, drawn up by Ortelius himself, are printed.

Dimensions

width 57 cm, height 44 cm, custom 44 × 57 cm

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