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[ATLAS]. [LIVRE DU XVIe SIÈCLE]. ORTELIUS (Abraham) Épitome du theatre du
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[ATLAS]. [BOOK FROM THE XVIth CENTURY]. ORTELIUS (Abraham) Epitome of the theatre of the world... which represents, both by figures and characters, the true situation, nature, &| property of the universal earth.
À Anvers, de l'Imprimerie Plantinienne, 1598. In-8 oblong, antique soft vellum, smooth, muted spine (edge of lower board corroded, gap in margin of title, rounded corners, marginal wetness and stains| small, unimportant hole on maps of Crete and Cyprus).
Atlas consisting of [8] leaves (title, epistle to the reader, Discourse of the sea, with a full-page copper-engraved vignette), 118 leaves, each comprising an engraved map with corresponding text opposite, [2] f. (table of maps)| [8] f., the last blank, comprising "Addition d'aulcunes cartes", with 5 full-page engraved maps.
A total of 123 full-page copper-engraved cards.
PROVENANCE
De Caumont, in Castelmoron (currently Castelmoron sur Lot| old signature on the title, followed by the motto Jay la gloire pour but, &| la vertu pour [guide?])
À Anvers, de l'Imprimerie Plantinienne, 1598. In-8 oblong, antique soft vellum, smooth, muted spine (edge of lower board corroded, gap in margin of title, rounded corners, marginal wetness and stains| small, unimportant hole on maps of Crete and Cyprus).
Atlas consisting of [8] leaves (title, epistle to the reader, Discourse of the sea, with a full-page copper-engraved vignette), 118 leaves, each comprising an engraved map with corresponding text opposite, [2] f. (table of maps)| [8] f., the last blank, comprising "Addition d'aulcunes cartes", with 5 full-page engraved maps.
A total of 123 full-page copper-engraved cards.
PROVENANCE
De Caumont, in Castelmoron (currently Castelmoron sur Lot| old signature on the title, followed by the motto Jay la gloire pour but, &| la vertu pour [guide?])