Antique Maps, Ortelius, Germany, Wurttemberg, Bavaria, 1579: Palatinus Bavariae descriptio Erhardo Reych Tirolense Auctore / Wirtenbergensis Ducatus Vera Descriptio. Tubingae Edita, 1558

Palatinus Bavariae descriptio Erhardo Reych Tirolense Auctore / Wirtenbergensis Ducatus...

Coloured map of Bavaria, Wurttemberg. Printed in Antwerp by Christoffel Plantin in 1579.

Reference 12944

Description

Antique map of Württemberg and the northern part of Bavaria by Abraham Ortelius. The two maps are printed from a copper plate and come from the first modern atlas, the famous Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius, first published in 1570. Embellished with elaborate details and decorative elements.

On the left the map of Middle Franconia and the Upper Palatinate with Nuremberg, Ingolstadt, Bamberg, Regensburg, Straubing and Amberg. It is based on a map of the Bavarian Palatinate by Erhart Reich from 1540, which was originally published by Christoph Zell in Nuremberg. On the right the Württemberg map with the Neckar and Danube. With Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Ulm, Tuttlingen and Esslingen. The cartography for this map was inspired by an anonymous broadsheet map published in Tübingen in 1559.Engraved by Franz Hogenberg. Title cartouche above the map depiction. From the early Latin edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum from 1579. Latin text on verso.

Details

Cartographer	Abraham Ortelius
Title	Palatinus Bavariae descriptio Erhardo Reych Tirolense Auctore / Wirtenbergensis Ducatus Vera Descriptio. Tubingae Edita, 1558
Publisher, Year	Christoffel Plantin, Antwerp, 1579
Plate Size	31.3 x 49.6 cm (12.3 x 19.5 inches)
Sheet Size	45.6 x 58.0 cm (18.0 x 22.8 inches)
Reference	Van den Broecke, M.: Ortelius Atlas Maps, No. 111/1579L(B)53; Van der Krogt, P.: Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 2670:31A + 2620:31A.

Condition

Centrefold backed. Very good condition.

Cartographer

Abraham Ortelius was born 1527 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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Abraham Ortelius: Palatinus Bavariae descriptio Erhardo Reych Tirolense Auctore / Wirtenbergensis Ducatus Vera Descriptio. Tubingae Edita, 1558.

Coloured map of Bavaria, Wurttemberg. Printed in Antwerp by Christoffel Plantin in 1579.

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