Tielemano Stella — Hand-Colored Map — Dated 1560

A framed, hand-colored engraved map of the County of Mansfeld, bearing the cartographic credit to Tilemann Stella and the date 1560 in the design.

The engraved date relates to the map’s underlying cartographic work and does not establish the printing date of this particular sheet. The Mansfeld map after Stella was published in Abraham Ortelius’s Theatrum orbis terrarum from 1573 onward. This impression’s edition and printing date have not been established.
Framed size approximately 24 × 22 inches.

Condition: Not examined out of the frame. Matting obscures the plate mark and portions of the margins. Additional examination of the paper, verso, and printing details is needed to identify the impression.