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Lot 185
[MAPS-BELGIUM] Group of six maps.
Comprising: FAVOLIUS, [HUGO] AND ABRAHAM ORTELIUS. Belgii Veteris Typus ex Conatibus Geographicis Abrahami Ortelii. Antwerp: Abrahami Ortelii, 1594. Engraved map, hand colored, central fold, latin text on Belgium to verso. 15 x 19 in (38 x 48.5 cm) to the neatline, this map originally published in a later edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum depicts Ortelius' home country, displaying four highly-decorated cartouches. Staining along fold; SURHON, [JACQUES AND ABRAHAM ORTELIUS]. Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descrip[tio]. [Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius], 1579. Engraved map, hand colored, central fold, latin text on verso. 14 1/2 x 19 in (37 x 48.5 cm) to the neatline, this map belonging in a relatively early edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; SENEX, [JOHN]. The Spanish Netherlands commonly called Flanders. London: I. Senex, 1719. Engraved map, hand colored, central fold, 15 1/2 x 21 in (40 x 54 cm) to the neatline. Small losses and spotting to margins; BASIRE, J[AMES]. Plan of the Investiture of Ostend Surrendered, 6 July, 1706. For Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England. London: J. Basire, [circa 1759]. Engraved map, hand colored, central fold; map displays infantry, artillery, and naval units from the Siege of Ostend in 1706 during the War of Spanish Succession with an "Explanation" cartouche in top left. 14 x 18 1/2 in (36 x 47 cm) to the neatlne. Minor spotting to top right corner; BASIRE, J[AMES]. Brussels. For Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England. London: J. Basire, [circa 1759]. Engraved map, hand colored, central fold, with an "Explanation of the Figures" and a decorated cartouche. 14 3/4 x 18 1/2 in (37.5 x 47 cm) to the neatline; and [WEIGEL, CRISTOPH]. Ichnographia Antverpiae, urbis splendidae et percelebris tam comoditate portus.... [Nuremberg: Johann David Köhler and Christoph Weigel, circa 1718]. Engraved map, hand colored, central fold, with inset map of "Antverpiensis S. Rom. Imp. Marchionatus." 12 1/2 x 16 in (32 x 41 cm) to the neatline. The lot sold as is.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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