BIB_ID
80879
Accession number
MA 2635
Creator
Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Display Date
1577 August 4.
Credit line
Purchased, 1968.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 28.6 x 20.9 cm
Notes
Address panel: "Doctissimo viro & Summo amico / Domino Abrahamo Ortelio / Regio Geographo. / Antwerpiæ."
Provenance
Purchased at Breslauer Sale (lot 351), Sotheby, 1968 June 18.
Summary
Saying that if Ortelius had stayed longer in England, he could have seen Lord Burghley's collection of ancient coins; mentioning that he looks forward to receiving Ortelius' Synonymia Geographica via the Frankfurt Book Fair; sending greetings to Daniel Rogers.
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