The Ortelius map of the Balkans from the scarce Italian edition
Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carnia, Istriae, Bosniae, Finitimarumque Regionem Nova Descriptio, Auctore Augustino Hirsvogelio.
Antwerp: Jan Baptist Vrients, 1608 or 1612, Italian text edition. Original colour. 335 x 460mm.
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Very decorative map of the northern Balkans, after Augustine Hirschvogel.
Vrients was the first publisher to issue Italian editions of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' atlas: the first was in 1608 and the second in 1612. As the letterpress is identical it is likely that the second edition consisted of unused sheets from the first. A fine example








