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Lower Austria Title: Austriae Descrip. per Wolfgangum Lazium. Cartographer: Ortelius, Abraham Published: Antwerp, Platin Date: 1598 Size: [35,6 48,6 cm] Technic: Copper-engraving / Uncolored Description: Original copper engraving, published 1598 in a French text edition of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. Uncolored example in a strong impression as published. This is the second plate of the Austria map after Wolfgang Lazius published for the first time in the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' after 1595. Here present in the 1598 edition. A highly decorative early map of the duchy of Austria, towns are still shown as miniature engraved city views, mountains, woods, rivers and lakes are decorative engraved. The map was engraved after the cartographic source by Wolfgang Lazius. In the lower right corner a milage scale with a coat of arms. In the center of the map we find Vienna. The map reaches in the west from Linz towards the Neusiedler lake in the east. In the south with the neighbouring Carintia and Salzburg. Notes: In excellent condition. Condition: Excellent Reference: Broe. 106 Price: /
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