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Lot Essay
Abraham Ortelius was born in Antwerp and established himself as a cartographer, book and map dealer. Ortelius became famous with a very successful world atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, this was probably the first collection of maps in book-form, twenty years before Mercator published his atlas.
The first edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was published in 1570 by Aegidius van Diest the engraver was Frans Hogenberg.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was so successful that it had to be reprinted four times in its first year of publication. Altogether the atlas was published in 42 editions from 1570 to 1612 and in 7 languages -Latin, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, English and Italian.
This plate belongs to the first edition, circa 1570 and is printed on the full sheet with Latin text to the reverse.
The first edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was published in 1570 by Aegidius van Diest the engraver was Frans Hogenberg.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was so successful that it had to be reprinted four times in its first year of publication. Altogether the atlas was published in 42 editions from 1570 to 1612 and in 7 languages -Latin, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, English and Italian.
This plate belongs to the first edition, circa 1570 and is printed on the full sheet with Latin text to the reverse.