1573 Abraham Ortelius Original Antique 1st Edition Map of The Island of Cyprus Java with the title varying according

with the title varying according to the language of the edition

At the auction most of the atlas plates and some of the wall map were sold to Pieter Mortier (1661–1711)

including Jacques the Fatalist

with Constantinople (New Rome) becoming the largest around AD 500

The French heavily fortified the city constructing a rectangular fort called the Citadelle Napoleon at Büderich and the Citadelle Bonaparte on an island in the Rhine off Wesel

1573 Abraham Ortelius Original Antique 1st Edition Map of The Island of Cyprus Java with the title varying accordingTitle : Cypri Insulae Nova Descript 1573 Date : 1573 Size: 20 3 4in x 15in (525mm x 382mm) Ref #: 70794 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This extremely handsome and much sort after original antique map of the Island of Cyprus was published by Abraham Ortelius in 1573. There were a total of 6275 of these maps published between 1573 and 1641, with approx. 10% surviving to this day. This actual map is a true first edition or state (1573IG39A),