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| Cartograph: |
Abraham Ortelius (*1528 - †1598) |
| Title: |
Helvetiae Descriptio Aegidio Tschudo Auct. |
| Year: |
Antwerp, 1574 |
| Sheet Size: |
44.9 x 58.8 cm (17.7 x 23.1 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
34.0 x 45.2 cm (13.4 x 17.8 inches) |
| Reference: |
van den Broecke 115/1574L39 |
| Decorative coloured map of Switzerland by A. Ortelius. With one cartouche and a mileage scale. Covering complete Switzerland with the Lake Constance and Lake Geneva. From the latin edition of the Ortelius Atlas published in 1574, based on Tschudi's secound map of Switzerland 1560. |
| Some place names marked by old hand, very good conditions. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Abraham Ortelius was born 1528 in Antwerp. He studied mathematics, Greek and Latin and travelled a lot across Europe. He established a business in dealing with books and drawing maps. His first remarkable map was a 8 sheet world map in the year 1564, but only three copies have survived. In 1570 he issued the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern "Atlas" with uniformly sized maps in a systematic collection. The term "Atlas" was not used until Mercator introduced it 20 years later. Most of the maps in Theatrum have been engraved by Frans Hogenberg. At the time of publication, the atlas was the most expensive book ever printed. Nevertheless it was a big success and around 7000 copies have been printed until 1612 in many editions and six different languages. Beside the Theatrum, Ortelius compiled a series of historical maps and published it in the "Parergon Theatri" which was bound with the Theatrum from 1579 onwards or published separately. |
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