"Abrahami Ortelii. Theatri Orbis Terrarvm Parergon; Sive Veteris Geographiae Tabvlae, Commentarijs Geographicis et Historicis illustratae. Editio Novissima, Tabulis aliquot aucta, et varie emendata atq innouata, cura et studio Balthasaris Moreti. Antverpiae, ex officina Plantiniana, M.DC.XXIV"
Abrahami Ortelii. Theatri Orbis Terrarvm Parergon; Sive Veteris Geographiae Tabvlae, Commentarijs Geographicis et Historicis illustratae. Editio Novissima, Tabulis aliquot aucta, et varie emendata atq innouata, cura et studio Balthasaris Moreti. Antverpiae, ex officina Plantiniana, M.DC.XXIV
Publisher/ Year:
Antwerp, Plantin, 1624
Size:
47.5 x 31.0 cm (18.7 x 12.2 inches), Imperial Folio
Full leather binding with blind and gilt stamping (Little rubbed, some staining. With rich gilt, initials I.W.E.A.P. and the date 1628 on cover)
Reference:
Koeman Ort. 46, Shirley 212
Last and most comprehensive edition of the Parergon-Atlas of Abraham Ortelius. Originally planned as appendix to "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", this is the first separate edition enhanced by 6 map including the famous 4-sheet map "Tabula itineraria ... Pevtingeorum".
Some minor browning in margins, endpapers with some minor damage. Overall excellent copy with strong engravings.
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.
