93. "Ungaria și Transilvania" ("Hungary and Transylvania") map by Johannes Sambucus (Janos Zsamboky), printed by Abraham Ortelius, Orbis Terrarum edition, Antwerp, 1592, rare collection item

Johannes Sambucus (Janos Zsamboky, 1531-1584) was a Hungarian humanist, historian, lawyer and editor, court doctor for Habsburg Emperor Maximilian II. He is the author of various maps which refer to Transylvania and Hungary, for which he used older researches, such as those by Transylvanian Saxon humanist Johannes Honterus. The current item was included by Abraham Ortelius in his Atlas, edited in 1592. Engraving on copper, manually coloured after imprinting.

Dimensions

width 37 cm, height 29 cm, custom 29 × 37 cm

Description

copper engraving, laid paper, hand coloured

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