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ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp: Plantin, 1595.
3 parts in one volume, comprising modern maps; the Parergon and Nomenclator. 2° (440 x 280mm). Text in Latin. Hand-coloured engraved title, portrait, and 147 hand-coloured double-page maps, hand-coloured woodcut title surround to the 'Parergon'. (Title soiled at margins and with repair to lower margin, occasional discolouration at centrefolds, some text leaves and a few maps browned.) Contemporary vellum panelled in gilt with central arabesques. Modern morocco backed box, morocco labels.
A FINE CONTEMPORARY COLOURED COPY OF THE THEATRUM enlarged and improved for this 1595 edition. This edition contains 115 maps in the first part, and 32 maps in the 'Parergon'. Koeman (Van der Krogt) 3:105.1.
3 parts in one volume, comprising modern maps; the Parergon and Nomenclator. 2° (440 x 280mm). Text in Latin. Hand-coloured engraved title, portrait, and 147 hand-coloured double-page maps, hand-coloured woodcut title surround to the 'Parergon'. (Title soiled at margins and with repair to lower margin, occasional discolouration at centrefolds, some text leaves and a few maps browned.) Contemporary vellum panelled in gilt with central arabesques. Modern morocco backed box, morocco labels.
A FINE CONTEMPORARY COLOURED COPY OF THE THEATRUM enlarged and improved for this 1595 edition. This edition contains 115 maps in the first part, and 32 maps in the 'Parergon'. Koeman (Van der Krogt) 3:105.1.
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