France – Vermandois – Veromandvorvm eorvmqve Confinivm exactissima Descriptio. With title-cartouche. Map 1 : 200,000 by Jean de Surhon from Mons of 1557. Coloured engraving for Abraham Ortelius (1527 Antwerp 1598). (1570.) 33.4 x 21.5 cm.

Koeman 11b. – Early impression from the 3^rd and last reprint of the same year (Ort 1 D) of the  first  edition  of  the  Theatrum . – On the left trimmed within the wide white platemark. – Map of northern France centred on St. Quentin. In the north up to Cambrai, in the south reaching up to the Ile de France.
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