Holsatiae Descriptio et al: Ortelius c. 1595

Title: Holsatiae Descriptio et al Author: Abraham Ortelius Date: c. 1595 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good - age toning, foxing, marginal separations at issued center fold Inches: 21 1/8 x 16 1/8 [Paper] Centimeters: 53.66 x 40.96 [Paper] Product ID: 318007 Map of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein south of Denmark. Depicts the city of Hamburg. Adjacent is a map of the islands of Rügen, Usedom, and Wolin along the Baltic coast of the historic German state of Pomerania (today at the border between Germany and Poland). Abraham Ortelius was born April 4, 1527.  His father was an antique dealer of some means, and thus Abraham received a classical education including instruction in Latin, Greek and mathematics.  He became a map colorist at the age of 19 and achieved an advanced level of skill.  Leveraging his success as well as his familiarity with maps and atlases, Ortelius became a trader in books, prints and maps, travelling widely in northern