Lot 330
330
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1579. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (445 x 290mm). Engraved allegorical title to first part, engraved portrait of Ortelius, title to second part within woodcut frame and title of final part with woodcut device, 93 engraved maps. (Title extensively repaired, some leaves with repairs and waterstaining, a few allegorical figures and a few maps outlined in modern colour, small occasional adhesion to text and light soiling.) Modern cloth (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Compagnia del Gesú, Rome (book label and stamp on title).
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1579. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (445 x 290mm). Engraved allegorical title to first part, engraved portrait of Ortelius, title to second part within woodcut frame and title of final part with woodcut device, 93 engraved maps. (Title extensively repaired, some leaves with repairs and waterstaining, a few allegorical figures and a few maps outlined in modern colour, small occasional adhesion to text and light soiling.) Modern cloth (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Compagnia del Gesú, Rome (book label and stamp on title).

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ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1579. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (445 x 290mm). Engraved allegorical title to first part, engraved portrait of Ortelius, title to second part within woodcut frame and title of final part with woodcut device, 93 engraved maps. (Title extensively repaired, some leaves with repairs and waterstaining, a few allegorical figures and a few maps outlined in modern colour, small occasional adhesion to text and light soiling.) Modern cloth (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Compagnia del Gesú, Rome (book label and stamp on title).

Second edition but the first printed by Plantin in approximately 500 copies. The 1579 Theatrum orbis terrarum is the first edition to incorporate the Parergon and the Nomenclator Ptolemaicus. Adams O-336; Koeman III 31:021, Ort 15A.

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