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The History Sale 2015

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA BOAZIO FL 1588-1606

Irlandi accurata descripto, auctore baptista boazio 

A map of Ireland

 Hand coloured engraving See lot 142, Hewson 2010, Adams  

This spectacular map appeared in the last edition of  Ortelius’s Theatrum in 1612. The rarest of Ortelian  atlases, reputedly only

250 printed, this is the second state of this map. Abl Printed maps to 1612 - p.16-17

€4,000 - €6,000