Die Kartenüberschrift im roten Rahmen lautet: "INSVLAR(um)
ALIQVOT AEGAEI MARIS ANTIQVA DESCRIP(tio) - Alte Beschreibung einiger Inseln
des Ägäischen Meeres"; Zypern ist unten in der Mitte die größte
Insel, links von Zypern sind Rhodos und darunter Chios abgebildet (grün
über Rhodos: Icaria), rechts Lesbos und Lemnos, ganz oben rechts: Samos.
Ortelius,
Abraham, eigentlich Oertel oder Ortels, Kosmograph und Kartograph, * Antwerpen
4. 4. 1527, gestorben ebenda
28. 6. 1598; gab 1570 das »Theatrum orbis
terrarum« (53 Karten in Kupferstich) heraus.
(c) Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. Brockhaus AG, 2001
Zu dieser Karte lautet der Text anlässlich einer
Versteigerung:
"Insular Aliqvot Aegaei Maris Antigva Descrip." Copper
etching by Abraham
Ortelius, dated 1584. Reverse text in German describes each of the shown
islands.More recent hand coloring.
Decorative map showing some of the major islands of the Aegean Sea. In the
upper left are the islands of Rincia and Dilos. Directly below in red is the
island of Ikaria. In the center under the title is Evvoia with a list of
topographical highlights in the yellow "mainland" section. Samos is
in the upper right and just below it in green is Kéa. In the lower center is
Cyprus with a list of topographical features. To the left of Cyprus is Ródos
and below in green is Quíos. To the right of Cyprus is Lésvos and below in
the lower right corner is Lemnos. The names of ancient towns and peoples are
of special historical interest.
The lower centerfold part had a worm visitor in ages past. A former owner
had the map restored by underlaying about 8 square inches with old paper. The
old worm holes are hardly visible from the from, but against the light they
show. The rarety of this particular map and the many people waiting for it
has prompted us to refrain this one time from our stiff criteria for
acceptance. The pricce has been adjusted to the undeniable faults of the map.
36 x 46.5 cm ( 14.1 x 18.3 ")
$ 1400.00
Order Nr. GR1249
Quelle: http://www.raremaps.de/mapsgreece.html
Zum 1. Kongress vgl. Mi-Nr.
318, dort auch Erklärung des Logos; zum 3. Kongress vgl. Block
Nr. 16, dort auch Übersicht über alle zu den Kongressen erschienenen
Marken.
