ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatri orbis terrarum parergon; sive veteris geographiae tabulae ... editio novissima. Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, ex officina Plantiniana, 1624. 2° (470 x 325mm). Engraved title, arms of Philip IV of Spain on verso, 39 double-page engraved maps including the 4 sheet Peutinger tabula, 3 double-page engraved views and 2 plates 'Ordines Sacri Romani', woodcut initials and numerous illustrations of coins. (Lacking C6 with woodcut printer's device, approximately 40 leaves with marginal staining touching engraved title and arms, some leaves mounted and others repaired at inner margin, small clean marginal tears and some occasional spotting.) Modern cloth (extremities rubbed, tail of spine chipped). Provenance: shelf mark on endpapers and margin of title -- Compagnia del Gesú, Rome (book label).

ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatri orbis terrarum parergon; sive veteris geographiae tabulae ... editio novissima. Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, ex officina Plantiniana, 1624. 2° (470 x 325mm). Engraved title, arms of Philip IV of Spain on verso, 39 double-page engraved maps including the 4 sheet Peutinger tabula, 3 double-page engraved views and 2 plates 'Ordines Sacri Romani', woodcut initials and numerous illustrations of coins. (Lacking C6 with woodcut printer's device, approximately 40 leaves with marginal staining touching engraved title and arms, some leaves mounted and others repaired at inner margin, small clean marginal tears and some occasional spotting.) Modern cloth (extremities rubbed, tail of spine chipped). Provenance: shelf mark on endpapers and margin of title -- Compagnia del Gesú, Rome (book label).

The final edition of the Parergon, Ortelius's atlas of ancient Geography. This is one of the few separately published editions, based on the maps drawn up by Ortelius between 1575 and 1598, which were included in the later editions of the Theatrum orbis terrarum. Unlike most of Ortelius's work, which was copied from other sources, the Parergon is an entirely original work by Ortelius; he even used his own coin collection as models for the portraits in the maps and woodcuts in the text. 1000 copies of this enlarged edition were printed. Koeman III 31:7, Ort 46; Phillips Atlases 5643.