JAPONIAE INSVLAE DESCRIPTIO. [Theatre de l'Univers - Japan.]

Antwerp, Christopher Plantin for the author, 1598. . Double-page copper engraved map, with later hand-colouring, centre fold as issued, cartouches for title and scale, French text on verso; sheet size: 42 x 53 cm. Minor stains to fold. Mounted size: 52cm by 65.5cm. Well-preserved example of Ortelius' map of Japan, taken from the fifth, final, and most complete French edition of Theatre de l'Univers. Enriched with decorative cartouches and ships. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, he was born and died in Antwerp. Koeman III, Ort 32.