Epitome Theatri Orteliani, praecipuarum orbis regionum delineationes, minoribus tabulis expressas, brevioribusque declarationibus illustratas, continens..
Ortelius, Abraham,1527-1598.
Galle, Philippe,1537-1612.
Plantin, Christophe,approximately 1520-1589.
Antverpiae, : Philippo Gallaeo excudebat Christophorus Plantinus.,
1589.
Relief shown pictorially.
Engraved allegorical plate depicting "Prudentia Dei, Veritas Dei & Omnipotentia Dei".
Approbatio: Vidit & admisit D. Michael Hetsroey, Bruegelius, sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus, & Canonicus Cathedralis Ecclesiae B. Mariae Antwerpiensis, librorum Censor. Antwerpiae, hac 26. Maij, Anno M.D.LXXXIX. M.H.B.
The Epitome was a pocket version of Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" ; it was produced in several languages and various editions between 1577 and 1612, with the plates reengraved in 1601.
This 1589 edition is the first Latin edition under this title, with the map plates engraved by Galle, and text printed by Plantin just weeks before his death.
The previous Latin edition was published under the title "Theatri Orbis Terrarum Enchiridion" with Latin poetry rather than prose by Hugo Flavolius.
Includes "Index tabularum".
Maps have Latin text in single block on verso.
Maps numbered 1 to 94, at top right.
Map of Scotland "Scotiae descriptio" catalogued separately.
Koeman,
John Bartholomew Collection.
Atlases