ISLANDIA
ISLANDIA
Popis
ISLAND
SLANDIA
This map is the most beautiful and popular for the collectors.It belongs to the top of Ortelius's art.The coloured copperengraving of Island is decorated by 14 seamonsters and 15 polar bears.swimming in the ice floes.This horrible but beatiful picture of the Island is completed with just erupting volcano Hekla.The measure is 1:1.700.000.From the copperplate were printed 3.200 copies.
Antverp 1587
Antverp 1587
ISLANDIA | ABRAHAM ORTELIUS /1527 - 1598 / |
size : 50 x 62 cm |