ORTELIUS, A. - MAP OF FRANCE.

Galliae Regni Potentiss: Nova Descriptio Ioanne Ioliveto Auctore.

(Antwerpen, between 1584 a. 1612). 35x51 cm. Engraved map of France in fine contemporary handcolouring. Framed so that verso is shown. Latin text on verso "Gallia" with the initial Q handcoloured.

The map is from a Latin edition of Ortelius' "Theatrum orbis Terrarum" (4 editions between 1584 and 1612 with Latin texts). Ortelius and G. de Jode published the map after Jean Jolivet's General Map of France from 1560.

Order-nr.: 30762