Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, Theatrum orbis terrarum , MDLXXIIII [1574]
- Title(s):
- Theatrum orbis terrarum : opus nunc denuò ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum, & quamplurimis nouis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctum.
- Additional Title(s):
- Theatrvm orbis terrarvm
- Published/Created:
- Antuerpiae : Auctoris aeres & cura impressum absolutumq́ue apud Ant. Coppenium Diesth, MDLXXIIII [1574]
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas ([396] pages) : 70 maps ; 46 cm (folio)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2023 55Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3423545
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- Notes:
- BEIN 1977 Folio 169: Libreria antiquaria di Ulrico Hoepli, Milano.
Maps printed across folded sheets, with descriptive letterpress printed on opposite sides of the sheets.
The title page is engraved.
Imprint from colophon; printer's name appears before place and date of publication.
Signatures: A⁶ B⁴, 70 unsigned double leaves, a-h⁶.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 12
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 379
Includes: Catalogus auctorum tabularum geographicarum ... leaves A5 verso-B1 recto; Index tabularum huius operis ... B1 verso-B3 recto; Synonymia locorum geographicorum ... leaves a1 recto-h2 verso; De Mona druidum insula, antiquitati suae restituta (cuius in Angliae descriptione meminimus) epistola nobilis et eruditi viri Humfredi Lhuyd ... h3-h5.
BAC Folio A 2023 55: The maps are hand-colored. Bound in contemporary limp vellum. - Subject Terms:
- Geography -- Early works to 1800.Karpinski, Louis Charles, 1878–1956 -- Stamp.
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
World atlases.
Booksellers' labels (Provenance) -- Ulrico Hoepli. - Export:
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