Theatrvm orbis terrarvm
Subtitle: opus nunc tertio ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum & quamplurimis nouis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctum.
Contributors: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.; Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.; Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568.; Lobanov-Rostovskiĭ, A. B. kni︠a︡zʹ, 1824-1896 (bookplate); Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589.; Wolkenstein-Rodenegg, Christoph von, Freiherr, 1530-1600 (autograph); Sowers, Roy Vernon, 1897- (bookplate)
Publisher: Auctoris aere & cura impressum, absolutúmque apud Christophorum Plantinum
Published: 1584
Place of publication: Antverpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Atlases -- Early works to 1800.; Geography -- Early works to 1800; Geography, Ancient -- Maps; Names, Geographical
Genres: Early works to 1800; Maps
Other titles: Theatrum orbis terrarum
Notes: "Parergon in quo veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae": leaves 101-114.

"Nomenclator Ptolemaicvs; omnia locorvm vocabvla qvae in tota Ptolemaei geographia occurrunt, continens ..." (77 p.) has special t.p. with imprint: Antverpiae : Abrahamo Ortelio cosmographo regio, excudebat Christophorus Plantinus, 1584.

"De Mona, Drvidvm insvla ... epistola", by H. Lhuyd: p. [1-7] at end.

Imprint from colophon.

Added map "Elsatia svperior" bound before "Nomenclator Ptolemaicvs".

Blind-stamped calf binding, probably done at the Plantin Press, dated 1588.

Maps 5 (America), 8 (Amazonum regio), 106 (Sicilia) and 112 (Graecia) wanting.

With the signature of Christoff von Wolkenstein-Rodenegg at foot of t.p.

With the book labels of Prince Alekseĭ Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovskiĭ, and of Roy Vernon Sowers.