Theatrum orbis terrarum Abrahami OrtelI Antuerp. geographi regii. = The theatre of the vvhole world: set forth by that excellent geographer Abraham Ortelius.
1606
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Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 18855
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Title
Theatrum orbis terrarum Abrahami OrtelI Antuerp. geographi regii. = The theatre of the vvhole world: set forth by that excellent geographer Abraham Ortelius.
Uniform title
Theatrum orbis terrarum. English
Created/published
London : Printed by [the Officina Plantiniana and Eliot's Court Press for] Iohn Norton [and John Bill], printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie in Hebrew, Greeke, and Latine, 1606 [i.e. 1608?]
Description
[6] p., 25, 25[par.-3par.], 26-42, 46-55, 55[par.-3par.] 56-115 plates; [4] p., ix plates, [2] p., plate "x", [2] p., plate "xj xij", [4] p., xiij-xiiij plates, plate "xv. xvj", [2] p., xvij-xxxiiij plates, [2] p., xxxv-xl, [2] plates, [2] p., [3] plates, [8] p. : maps, port. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. author.
Bedwell, William, approximately 1561-1632, attributed name.
W. B.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Bedwell, William, approximately 1561-1632, attributed name.
W. B.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Note
Translated by W.B. (i.e. William Bedwell?), whose initials appear on the third leaf recto.
The title page is engraved.
Identification of printers supplied and actual publication date conjectured by STC; Bill's name from colophon.
The maps were printed in Antwerp by the Officina Plantiniana; each is folded and has letterpress text on the back.
"Parergon, siue veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae" has separate title page.
Includes index.
The plate numbers appear to be hand-stamped in the catalogued copy.
The title page is engraved.
Identification of printers supplied and actual publication date conjectured by STC; Bill's name from colophon.
The maps were printed in Antwerp by the Officina Plantiniana; each is folded and has letterpress text on the back.
"Parergon, siue veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae" has separate title page.
Includes index.
The plate numbers appear to be hand-stamped in the catalogued copy.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1987. Folger's Choice (catalog entry 35)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 18855
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122301
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122301
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Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 18855
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 18855 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Early 17th-century calf binding in two tones forming a circular T in O emblem. Hand-colored. Map no. 5, America, bound at end before colophon leaf; maps v,vi transposed. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps copy
Folger accession
203117