Theatrum orbis terrarum / opus nunc denuo ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum, & quamplurimis nouis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctum.
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, author.; Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568. De Mona druidum insula.; Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Parergon.; Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Nomenclator Ptolemaicus.; Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590.; Arsenius, Ambrosius.; Arsenius, Ferdinand.; Wierix, Jan, 1549-approximately 1620.; Bohr, Charles de, former owner.; Lamberg, Joannes Maximilianus, former owner.; Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.; Plantijnsche Drukkerij, printer.
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Theatrum orbis terrarum / opus nunc denuo ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum, & quamplurimis nouis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctum.
Created/published
Antuerpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana, Abrah. Ortelij aere & cura, MDXCV [1595]
Description
[12] leaves, 115 double leaves of plates; [4] leaves, [32] double leaves of plates; 30, [6] p. (the last p. blank) : maps, port. ; 45 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, author.
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590.
Arsenius, Ambrosius.
Arsenius, Ferdinand.
Wierix, Jan, 1549-approximately 1620.
Bohr, Charles de, former owner.
Lamberg, Joannes Maximilianus, former owner.
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
Plantijnsche Drukkerij, printer.
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590.
Arsenius, Ambrosius.
Arsenius, Ferdinand.
Wierix, Jan, 1549-approximately 1620.
Bohr, Charles de, former owner.
Lamberg, Joannes Maximilianus, former owner.
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
Plantijnsche Drukkerij, printer.
Note
Plates engraved by F. Hogenberg, Ferdinand and Ambrosius Arsenius, Jan Wierix (Parergon), and Papius (portrait of Ortelius).
Imprint from title page of Nomenclator, where date precedes Abrah. Ortelij aere & cura.
Includes: "Parergon, siue, Veteris geograpiae [sic] aliquot tabulae", "Nomenclator Ptolemaicus", "De Mona Druidum insula ... epistola ... Humfredi Lhuyd". Register at end includes all titles.
Parergon and Nomenclator have special engraved title page
Signatures: A-B⁶ + plates (Theatrum); a⁴ A-Z² a-i² (Parergon); A-C⁶ (Nomenclator).
Includes indexes.
Imprint from title page of Nomenclator, where date precedes Abrah. Ortelij aere & cura.
Includes: "Parergon, siue, Veteris geograpiae [sic] aliquot tabulae", "Nomenclator Ptolemaicus", "De Mona Druidum insula ... epistola ... Humfredi Lhuyd". Register at end includes all titles.
Parergon and Nomenclator have special engraved title page
Signatures: A-B⁶ + plates (Theatrum); a⁴ A-Z² a-i² (Parergon); A-C⁶ (Nomenclator).
Includes indexes.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves [5]v-[7]v).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 81)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009-2010. Imagining China.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009-2010. Imagining China.
Cited/described in
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 29
Includes
Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568. De Mona druidum insula.
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Parergon.
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Nomenclator Ptolemaicus.
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Parergon.
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Nomenclator Ptolemaicus.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
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G1015 .O6 1595 Cage
Folger-specific note
Bound in modern brown goat; Title page and maps hand colored. Imperfect: Ortelius port. lacking.