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ORTELIUS Abraham (1527-1598)
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ORTELIUS Abraham (1527-1598)
Typus orbis terrarum [1575]. Dimensions: 331 x 483 mm (map)| with margins
(400 x 500 mm).
Copperplate engraving with original colours.
FIRST VERSION (of 3) of the world map by Ortelius as it appeared from 1570 in his famous Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first atlas in the modern sense of the word.
This proof shows the characteristics of the 3rd edition (1575): trace of a break in the plate at the lower left corner and cross-hatching under the ends of the cartouche.
Important handwritten note in Latin, in brown ink, on the back.
(Some old restorations, faded margins, slight tears, soiling).
Typus orbis terrarum [1575]. Dimensions: 331 x 483 mm (map)| with margins
(400 x 500 mm).
Copperplate engraving with original colours.
FIRST VERSION (of 3) of the world map by Ortelius as it appeared from 1570 in his famous Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first atlas in the modern sense of the word.
This proof shows the characteristics of the 3rd edition (1575): trace of a break in the plate at the lower left corner and cross-hatching under the ends of the cartouche.
Important handwritten note in Latin, in brown ink, on the back.
(Some old restorations, faded margins, slight tears, soiling).