![]() Must ship Priority for international orders. Due the size and weight of this book, extra shipping may be necessary. Skelton provides a biographical sketch of Abraham Ortelius. This edition is a facsimile of the London 1606 edition which was the only English edition of Ortelius' atlas. The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered to be the first true modern atlas, was written by Abraham Ortelius Flemish cartographer and geographer and originally published in 1570. Slight edge wear with typical bumping to spine and corners. Minor wear, soiling and scuffing to boards. Hardcover, original red cloth with black labels and gilt lettering on spine, unpaginated. Fourth Series-Volume IV of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Series of Atlases in Facsimile. Une vieille rue Albert Engstfeld 65, Rue St-Jacques, Bruges. La Dentellire Joseph Franois 86, rue Verbist, Bruxelles. Limited edition facsimile of the London 1606 edition, limited to 800 copies. Ernest Hecht) Edouard Elle 2, rue Ortelius, Bruxelles. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1968. The Theatre of the Whole World, London 1606. (History of Cartography) ORTELIUS, Abraham. Over thirty editions of this Epitome were published in different languages.Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1968. In 1577, engraver Philip Galle and poet-translator Pieter Heyns published the first pocket-sized edition of the Theatrum, the Epitome. The number of map sheets grew from 53 in 1570 to 167 in 1612 in the last edition. Editions were published in Dutch, German, French, Spanish, English, and Italian. Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator, Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography. Some 24 editions appeared during Ortelius's lifetime and another ten after his death in 1598. Nothing was like it until Mercator's atlas appeared twenty-five years later. The importance of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum for geographical knowledge in the last quarter of the sixteenth century is difficult to overemphasize. ![]() The Parergon can be called a truly original work of Ortelius, who drew the maps based on his research. Later editions included Additamenta (additions), resulting in Ortelius' historical atlas, the Parergon, mostly bound together with the atlas. 63m European institute for strategic political communication. ![]() This first edition contained seventy maps on fifty-three sheets. It was one of the most expensive books ever published. Oil on panel, 1934, signed LR Sight: 10 x. Willem Van den Berg (Dutch, 1886-1970) Rue la Roc, Briancon. He completed the atlas in 1569, and in May of 1570, the Theatrum was available for sale. Ortelius: Antique Map of China, 1597 (1 of 4). In 1568 the production of individual maps for his atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was already in full swing. In 1565 he published a map of Egypt and a map of the Holy Land, a large map of Asia followed. The inspiration for this map may well have been Gastaldi's large world map. In 1564 he published his first map, a large and ambitious world wall map. In addition, he travelled a lot and visited Italy and France, made contacts everywhere with scholars and editors, and maintained extensive correspondence with them. Luke as an "illuminator of maps." Besides colouring maps, Ortelius was a dealer in antiques, coins, maps, and books, with the book and map trade gradually becoming his primary occupation.īusiness went well because his means permitted him to start an extensive collection of medals, coins, antiques, and a library of many volumes. He learned Latin and studied Greek and mathematics.Ībraham and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth took up map colouring. The maker of the 'first atlas', the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570), was born on 4 April 1527 into an old Antwerp family.
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