shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). EGYPT ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Aegyptus Antiqua, Antwerp, 1584. ![]() ![]() The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs / ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM). Abraham Ortelius's Aegyptus Antiqua, Amsterdam, 1595, large double-page folio map, hand-colored, matted and framed, 20 x 13 3/4 in. 1610, hand-colored double-page small folio engraved map on laid paper, blank on verso, matted, 15 3/4 x 13 in. William Hole's Scotia Regnum, from Camden's Britannia, c. 5.10 Abraham Ortelius, detail from Cenomanorum ( 1594 ), in Theatrum orbis terrarum 152 5.11 Abraham Ortelius, detail from Aegyptus antiqua ( 1595 ). Over thirty editions of this Epitome were published in different languages.Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2891T Location: Boston Date / Time: 12:00PM Description: Framed map, hand colored lightly toned, frame lightly scuffed, very good condition. In 1577, engraver Philip Galle and poet-translator Pieter Heyns published the first pocket-sized edition of the Theatrum, the Epitome. : Aegyptus Antiqua Terra suis contenta bonnis non indiga mercis Aut Iois, in solo tanta est fidcuia Nilo.: Antwerp: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1609. The number of map sheets grew from 53 in 1570 to 167 in 1612 in the last edition. Editions were published in Dutch, German, French, Spanish, English, and Italian. The mucilaginous exudate of the crushed corms was also. The corms were used by the Cherokee as a dietary aid to 'endow children with the gift of eloquence'. It has been collected in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. Some 24 editions appeared during Ortelius's lifetime and another ten after his death in 1598. Putty-root, although considered globally secure, is rare throughout much of its range, and very rare in New England. Nothing was like it until Mercator's atlas appeared twenty-five years later. The importance of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum for geographical knowledge in the last quarter of the sixteenth century is difficult to overemphasize. The Parergon can be called a truly original work of Ortelius, who drew the maps based on his research. Later editions included Additamenta (additions), resulting in Ortelius' historical atlas, the Parergon, mostly bound together with the atlas. ![]() This first edition contained seventy maps on fifty-three sheets. Pedmontanae Vicinorumque Regionum Auctore Iacobo Castaldo Descrip. It was one of the most expensive books ever published. ![]() He completed the atlas in 1569, and in May of 1570, the Theatrum was available for sale. In 1568 the production of individual maps for his atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was already in full swing. In 1565 he published a map of Egypt and a map of the Holy Land, a large map of Asia followed. Ortelius (Abraham) Aegyptus Antiqua, two-sheet map of ancient Egypt, Antwerp, 1584. The inspiration for this map may well have been Gastaldi's large world map. In 1564 he published his first map, a large and ambitious world wall map. In addition, he travelled a lot and visited Italy and France, made contacts everywhere with scholars and editors, and maintained extensive correspondence with them. Luke as an "illuminator of maps." Besides colouring maps, Ortelius was a dealer in antiques, coins, maps, and books, with the book and map trade gradually becoming his primary occupation.īusiness went well because his means permitted him to start an extensive collection of medals, coins, antiques, and a library of many volumes. He learned Latin and studied Greek and mathematics.Ībraham and his sisters Anne and Elizabeth took up map colouring. The maker of the 'first atlas', the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570), was born on 4 April 1527 into an old Antwerp family.
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