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ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp: Gielis Coppens van Diest, 1571.
2° (394 x 290mm). Engraved architectural title with the figure of Europe at the top and 53 double-page maps, all mounted on guards, text on recto. (Large brown stain in outer margin of first 8 leaves including title, lower outer corner of title partly torn away, hole in following two leaves, text on recto of plate 45 stained, text severely browned throughout, plates with several closed marginal tears, plates lightly browned, mainly marginal spotting, plates 32 and 45 with brown stains, clean long tear along lower fold of map 7, clean long tear into image of plate 27.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (spotted, corners bumped, front hinge broken but cords firmly holding).
SECOND LATIN EDITION OF THE 'FIRST ATLAS'. As Shirley states, 'For the first time ... all the elements of the modern atlas were brought to publication ... Through its launching, pre-eminence in map publishing was transferred from Italy to the Netherlands leading to a hundred years of Dutch supremacy in all facets of cartographical production'. Adams O-335; Van der Krogt IIIA, 31:002; Phillips 382; Shirley 122 (with the world map in his first plate, first state).
2° (394 x 290mm). Engraved architectural title with the figure of Europe at the top and 53 double-page maps, all mounted on guards, text on recto. (Large brown stain in outer margin of first 8 leaves including title, lower outer corner of title partly torn away, hole in following two leaves, text on recto of plate 45 stained, text severely browned throughout, plates with several closed marginal tears, plates lightly browned, mainly marginal spotting, plates 32 and 45 with brown stains, clean long tear along lower fold of map 7, clean long tear into image of plate 27.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (spotted, corners bumped, front hinge broken but cords firmly holding).
SECOND LATIN EDITION OF THE 'FIRST ATLAS'. As Shirley states, 'For the first time ... all the elements of the modern atlas were brought to publication ... Through its launching, pre-eminence in map publishing was transferred from Italy to the Netherlands leading to a hundred years of Dutch supremacy in all facets of cartographical production'. Adams O-335; Van der Krogt IIIA, 31:002; Phillips 382; Shirley 122 (with the world map in his first plate, first state).
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