ORTELIUS, Abraham [Antwerp: 1570] Natoliae.../ Aegypti.../ Carthaginis... 12 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. Fine hand color; reinforced bottom of centerfold, few edge mends, ink stain lower left, still very good condition overall.A very early issue from a 1570 edition, the year of the first appearance of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. Three editions.....
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Atlas. ORTELIUS, A./ GALLE, F. [Antwerp, 1579] Le Miroir Du Monde, Reduict Premierement En Rithme… A Anvers, De l’Imprimerie de Christofle Plantin, pour Philippe Galle. M.D.LXXIX.Oblong octavo in contemp. Vellum, ties lacking; 72 maps, 6 of which folding; slight edge wear to text leaves, partial cropping to some folding maps for.....
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Typus Orbis Terrarum.
A very early issue of the stately world map that appeared in the first modern atlas; it provided the picture of the world that would prevail for many decades to come. Using the freshest information available, Ortelius employed as his chief source Mercator’s profoundly important world map of 1569, on.....
Napoli/ Italy. ORTELIUS, A. [Antwerp, 1579] Regni Neapolitani... 14 ¼ x 19 ¼ inches. Fine original color; oxidized area reinforced, minor loss lower centerfold & some creasing, overall fair condition. An attractive map of approximately the southern third of Italy encompassing the provinces of Apulia, Campania and Calabria and.....
Maris Pacifici, (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) . .
The first separate map of the Pacific in a strong example. “One of the most important maps that appeared in the Ortelius atlases ...” (Burden). With its two splendid cartouches and a well-detailed illustration of Magellan’s flagship, the Victoria, this is also one of the most beautifully engraved of Ortelius’.....
Septentrionalium Regionum descrip.
One of Ortelius’s most important European maps, in an attractive example. It clearly summarizes what 16th century geographers believed of northern Europe and the waters above it. In his atlas, Ortelius cited an array of cartographers whose ideas contributed to this map, including several whose maps are now unobtainable. Greenland.....
Southeast/ Florida/ Columbia/ Bolivia ORTELIUS, A./ CHIAVES, H. [Antwerp/ London, 1584/ 1606] La Florida. Auctore Hieron. Chiasues. Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus… Guastecan Reg. 14 x 18 inches. Fine original color; light staining along centerfold & a bit in the margins, else excellent condition. .....