Map of Ancient Greece by Ortelius, rare first printing

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Graecia Sophiani.
Antwerp, 1587. French text edition. Original colour. 350 x 490mm.

First edition of a very fine and decorative map of Greece, Turkey and Asia Minor with neighboring islands, based upon Nikolaus Sophianos' map of Greece of around 1540.

VAN DEN BROECKE: 215; ZACHARAKIS: 1616.
Stock ID : 23549