Pirated edition of the Epitome map of Latvia & Estonia

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Livoniae Nova Descriptio Ioanne Portanti o Auctore.
Venice: G.M. Turrini, 1655. Coloured. 80 x 105mm.

A miniature map of Latvia and Estonia. A second title appears outside the neatline.
The map was published in 'Il theatro del mondo', an Italian pirate edition of the Ortelius 'Epitome' miniature atlas. First published in 1598, the publication was revived in 1655, forty years after the last edition of the Dutch original.

KOEMAN: Ort 70.
Stock ID : 21728