Theatre, oft Toonneel des Aerdt-bodems

Abraham Ortelius (*1527 - 1598)
Title page from the Ortelius Atlas. Printed 1571 in Antwerp.

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Old colour example of the early title page from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. From the 1571 or 1573 Dutch edition.

Details

CartographerAbraham Ortelius
TitleTheatre, oft Toonneel des Aerdt-bodems
Publisher, YearGielis Coppens van Diest, Antwerp, 1571/73
Plate Size36.6 x 22.8 cm (14.4 x 9.0 inches)
Sheet Size38.0 x 26.6 cm (15.0 x 10.5 inches)
ReferenceVan der Krogt, P.: Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 31:101; Van den Broecke, M.: Ortelius Atlas Maps, No. 0 (2) first state

Condition

Backed at margins, several small tears in the image backed. Beautiful old colour.

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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Title page from the Ortelius Atlas. Printed 1571 in Antwerp.

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