Antiquariat Reinhold Berg eK
Wahlenstraße 8
D-93047 Regensburg
phone: +49 - 941 52229
cellphone: +49 - 160 9060 6746
mail: [email protected]

Ortelius, Abraham

Latium. Ex Conatibus Geographicis Abrah. Ortelij Antverp.

Viro Nobili, et Historico Illustri, Marco Velsero, Patricio Augustano, Abrahamus Ortelius Dedicabat, L.M.

Antique Latium. Ex Conatibus Geographicis Abrah. Ortelij Antverp.
€495.00

Prices incl. VAT plus shipping costs

On stock,
Delivery time appr. 1-3 workdays

Eigenschaften
  • Antwerp
  • 1612
  • Antique Map, map
  • 1612
  • Copper engraving / later hand colored.
  • Italy
  • 356 by 453mm (14 by 17 inches).
  • Koe. Ort. 46; Broe: 209 state 2/2;
  • 30976
  • In excellent condition.

Article description

Article description

Original antique copper engraving, published 1612 in the famous historical Atlas "Parergon" (Latin text-edition) by Abraham Ortelius. Finely later hand-colored in wash and outline. The map is ornated with three cartouches, in the upper left corner the title cartouche, on the upper right side we find an oval text cartouche and in the lower left corner an inset. The "privilegium" is written on the lower right side. Villages and towns are shown as miniature views. Moreover the map is ornated with a ship. Ortelius was born on 14 April 1527 in the city of Antwerp, which was then in the Habsburg Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). The Orthellius family were originally from Augsburg, a Free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1535, the family had fallen under suspicion of Protestantism. Following the death of Ortelius's father, his uncle Jacobus van Meteren returned from religious exile in England to take care of Ortelius. Abraham remained close to his cousin Emanuel van Meteren, who would later move to London. In 1575 he was appointed geographer to the king of Spain, Philip II, on the recommendation of Arias Montanus, who vouched for his orthodoxy. He travelled extensively in Europe and is specifically known to have traveled throughout the Seventeen Provinces; in southern, western, northern, and eastern Germany (e.g., 1560, 1575–1576); France (1559–1560); England and Ireland (1576); and Italy (1578, and perhaps twice or thrice between 1550 and 1558). Beginning as a map-engraver, in 1547 he entered the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as an illuminator of maps. He supplemented his income trading in books, prints, and maps, and his journeys included yearly visits to the Frankfurt book and print fair, where he met Gerardus Mercator in 1554. In 1560, however, when travelling with Mercator to Trier, Lorraine, and Poitiers, he seems to have been attracted, largely by Mercator's influence, towards the career of a scientific geographer. (Wikipedia)

Viro Nobili, et Historico Illustri, Marco Velsero, Patricio Augustano, Abrahamus Ortelius Dedicabat, L.M.

Koe. Ort. 46; Broe: 209 state 2/2;


You might also be interested in the following products

Antique Gray's New Map of Italy Gray's New...
Original antique hand colored lithograph. Detailed map, colored by counties and showing townships, towns, villages,...
€65.00
Antique Carta Topografica dell' Antichita di Roma. Carta Topografica...
Copper engraving, uncolored as published.
€495.00
Antique Pas-Caart van de Zee kusten van `t Eyland Sardinia Met de tegen over geleegene Zee kusten van Barbaria, Tußchen C. de Ferro en C. Bona Met Privilegi voor 15 Iaar. Pas-Caart van de...
Original copper engraving, finely later hand colored in ouline and wash. Remarkable the highly decorated handcolored...
€1,100.00
Antique Nullus in orbe locus Baiis praelucet amoenis Nullus in orbe...
Original antique copper engraving, uncolored. Fascinating view depicting Pozzuoli and the Gulf of Baia, with Ischia...
€295.00
Recently viewed products