Black Sea.- Ortelius (Abraham) Pontus Euxinus. Aequor Iasonis Pulsatum Remige Primum, map of the black sea centred on Crimea, engraving with hand-colouring heightened with gold, on laid paper with watermark of the letters 'AB', platemark 360 x 500 mm (14 1/8 x 19 3/4 in), 407 x 540 mm (18 1/2 x 21 1/4 in), central vertical fold with expert repairs, other repairs to nicks, printers' creases, some browning and surface dirt, unframed, [1624]; together with 3 others, including Jaillot's Taurica Chersonesus, Hodie Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur, Blaeu's Taurica Chersonesus Nostra aetate Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur, and Covens & Mortier's Seconde Partie de la Crimée la Mer Noire, engravings, the last mentioned with hand-colouring in outline, all with good margins, some expert repairs, surface dirt and browning, handling creases, unframed, [circa 1634-1750] (4)
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