Theatrum orbis terrarum

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Imprint: [Antuerpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana, Abrah. Ortelij aere & cura, 1595]
Physical description: [12] leaves, 115 double leaves of plates; [4] leaves, [32] double leaves of plates; 30, [6] p. (the last p. blank) : maps, port. ; 45 cm.

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Call number	Status
G1006 .T5 1595 FF BB	In-library use

Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Contributor: Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590; Arsenius, Ambrosius.; Arsenius, Ferdinand.; Wierix, Jan, 1549-approximately 1620; Bohr, Charles de, former owner.; Lamberg, Joannes Maximilianus, former owner.; Plantijnsche Drukkerij printer.

Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (leaves [5]v-[7]v).
Included Work: Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568. De Mona druidum insula.; Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Parergon.; Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Nomenclator Ptolemaicus.

Publication date: 1595
Note: Imprint from t.p. of Nomenclator, where date precedes Abrah. Ortelij aere & cura.; Includes: "Parergon, siue, Veteris geograpiae [sic] aliquot tabulae", "Nomenclator Ptolemaicus", "De Mona Druidum insula ... epistola ... Humfredi Lhuyd". Register at end includes all titles.; Parergon and Nomenclator have special engraved t.p.; Plates engraved by F. Hogenberg, Ferdinand and Ambrosius Arsenius, Jan Wierix (Parergon), and Papius (portrait of Ortelius).; Signatures: A-B⁶ + plates (Theatrum); a⁴ A-Z² a-i² (Parergon); a-c⁶ (Nomenclator).; Includes indexes.
Citation: Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 29.
Action note: Cons. Trans. #2250.
Note: Stanford copy 1 (RBC): in brown case, 48 cm. Provenance: Le chevalier Charles de Bohr (booklabel); Joannes Maximilianus de Lamberg[?] (signature). Hand-colored throughout.
Related Work: Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia
Location: Belgium Antwerp.

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