Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar[um] Insularum descriptio.
by Ortelius, Abraham:
- Used
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About This Item
Antwerp,, 1584. Copper engraving, 34.5 x 49.5 cm, modern hand-colour, centrefold reinforced on verso, several neat marginal restorations, Latin text on verso. The British Isles, aligned with west at the top of the map and north on the right, which makes better use of the available space on the page; it was chiefly derived from Mercators map of 1564. Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is widely considered the first modern world atlas, originally published in 1570. Ortelius gathered and selected the maps which he believed represented the best available cartographic knowledge of his day, which he then presented it in a single volume, duly credited and finely engraved in a consistent style, with explanatory text. The Theatrum was highly decorative and hugely popular amongst the wealthy and educated, running into over forty editions in Latin and other major European languages. Shirley, British Isles, 139 (but cf. 86).Van den Broecke 16. Map
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- Bookseller
- Bryars and Bryars (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9733
- Title
- Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar[um] Insularum descriptio.
- Author
- Ortelius, Abraham:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Antwerp,
- Date Published
- 1584
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Isles;
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.