ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatro de la Tierra Universal . Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1588.
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatro de la Tierra Universal . Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1588. 2° (420 x 295mm). Engraved allegorical general title and 100 double-page maps, hand-coloured throughout including initials, with a plain engraved plate 'Carta del Viage de los Israelites' captioned 'Joseph Andrade sculp. Mtt. a 1747' bound in at end. (Lacking A4, i.e. the last leaf of contents with the portrait of Ortelius, title with tear along plate mark but without loss, a few short marginal tears and nicks with one into imprint and another repaired, title with small patches of adhesion from front free endpaper, map 15 of Spain strengthened along left-hand margin and with a few short marginal tears to other sides, light even browning throughout.) 18th-century Spanish mottled sheep, gilt spine with raised bands in 7 compartments, gilt lettering-piece in second, French hand-coloured decorative endpapers captioned 'A Paris chez Les Associes No 119', red edges (rubbed, lower cover more heavily, endpapers chipped and frayed and with some minor worming). Provenance : Juan (semi-erased 18th-century ink ownership inscription on dedication) -- manuscript index bound in dated 14 August 1757, with corresponding annotations on verso of title, on dedication, verso of last leaf, and in a few other places in a neat hand -- 18th-century folding typographic advertisement by Nicolas Villargordo, Salamanca bookseller, for a topographical work relating to Portugal, bound in after contents -- Ambrosio Gonzalez (document dated 19 April 1858 conferring a military command loosely inserted). THE FIRST SPANISH EDITION, AND THE FIRST PUBLISHED BY PLANTIN, WITH SPLENDID HAND-COLOURING . It contains revised maps of the World and the Americas, although the Nomenclature and Parergon are omitted from this edition. 'The world map from this atlas is from Ortelius' rare second plate' [Shirley 153, state 2'] (Shirley). Koeman, Ort 23; Shirley BL T.ORT-1x; Van der Krogt IIIA, 31:431.
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatro de la Tierra Universal . Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1588.
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatro de la Tierra Universal . Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1588. 2° (420 x 295mm). Engraved allegorical general title and 100 double-page maps, hand-coloured throughout including initials, with a plain engraved plate 'Carta del Viage de los Israelites' captioned 'Joseph Andrade sculp. Mtt. a 1747' bound in at end. (Lacking A4, i.e. the last leaf of contents with the portrait of Ortelius, title with tear along plate mark but without loss, a few short marginal tears and nicks with one into imprint and another repaired, title with small patches of adhesion from front free endpaper, map 15 of Spain strengthened along left-hand margin and with a few short marginal tears to other sides, light even browning throughout.) 18th-century Spanish mottled sheep, gilt spine with raised bands in 7 compartments, gilt lettering-piece in second, French hand-coloured decorative endpapers captioned 'A Paris chez Les Associes No 119', red edges (rubbed, lower cover more heavily, endpapers chipped and frayed and with some minor worming). Provenance : Juan (semi-erased 18th-century ink ownership inscription on dedication) -- manuscript index bound in dated 14 August 1757, with corresponding annotations on verso of title, on dedication, verso of last leaf, and in a few other places in a neat hand -- 18th-century folding typographic advertisement by Nicolas Villargordo, Salamanca bookseller, for a topographical work relating to Portugal, bound in after contents -- Ambrosio Gonzalez (document dated 19 April 1858 conferring a military command loosely inserted). THE FIRST SPANISH EDITION, AND THE FIRST PUBLISHED BY PLANTIN, WITH SPLENDID HAND-COLOURING . It contains revised maps of the World and the Americas, although the Nomenclature and Parergon are omitted from this edition. 'The world map from this atlas is from Ortelius' rare second plate' [Shirley 153, state 2'] (Shirley). Koeman, Ort 23; Shirley BL T.ORT-1x; Van der Krogt IIIA, 31:431.
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