Theatrum orbis terrarum : opus nunc denuò ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum,...
Theatrum orbis terrarum : opus nunc denuò ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum,...
Theatrum orbis terrarum : opus nunc denuò ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum, & quamplurimis novis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctum Abrahamo Ortelio ... ...
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Antverpiae : Auctoris aere & cura impressum, absolutúmque apud Christophorum Plantinum, 1579.
Date
1579.
Call Numbers
MRB/X912/7E (16th Century)
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
Latin
Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scales differ
Physical content
1 atlas ([20] p, 93 double leaves, 77, [9] p.) : 93 maps, port., ; 44 cm. (2°)
Contents
Folded map between pages 1 and 2
Typus orbis terrarum
Publication information
Publisher
Antverpiae : Auctoris aere & cura impressum, absolutúmque apud Christophorum Plantinum, 1579.
Analytical title
Nomenclator Ptolemaicus (Map)
Parergon theatri (Map)
Date Published
1579.
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
Theatrum orbis terrarum : opus nunc denuò ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum, & quamplurimis novis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctum Abrahamo Ortelio ... ...
Variant title
Nomenclator Ptolemaicus (Map)
Parergon theatri (Map)
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"Catalogus auctorum": A⁵ verso - B² recto, listing 120 names. Maps chiefly engraved by Franz Hogenberg (author's preface, A5recto)
Copies have been hand coloured in various ways, or left uncoloured.
Engraved title page with female allegories of the 5 continents.
Imprint from colophon on G7 verso.
Retrospective Project 2008-10....
Citation / References Note
Fletcher & Smith, 1507 uncoloured.
Fletcher & Smith, 1508 coloured.
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Language note
Text in Latin.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in: "Maps of the Pacific", State Library of New South Wales, August 2021 to 24 April 2022. NSL
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MRB/X912/7E (16th Century)
Record Identifier
74VKOOjEk0Al
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOOjEk0Al
Other Identifiers
DDC
910
MMS ID
991022464759702626
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