CORFU GREECE 1595 ABRAHAM ORTELIUS/ P GALLE ANTIQUE MINIATURE MAP 16TH CENTURY

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Format:Atlas Map
Printing Technique:Copper Plate
Year:1595
Country/Region:Greece
Cartographer/Publisher:Abraham Ortelius
Date Range:1500-1599
Original/Reproduction:Antique Original

Title of the map : “CORCYRA vel CORFU” Nice antique miniature map of Corfu, Greece, copper engraved by Philippe Galle, for “Epitome Theatri Orteliani, praecipuarum orbis regionum delineationes, minoribus tabulis expressas, brevioribusque declarationibus, illustratas, continens. Nova editio, multis locis emendata, & octodecim novis tabulis aucta” by Abraham ORTELIUS (1527-1598). There is a sailing ship and a monster in the sea. North is oriented to the left. Edition: Antverpiae, Philippo Gallaeo excudebat Arnoldus Coninx, 1595, 16th centuryVerso text: Latin Size of the map with margins: 13,5 x 10 cm / 5,1 x 3,9 inchesCondition: very good condition, handed colored Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) is the inventor of the first Atlas. He is the greatest and the best geographe and cartographe. Abraham Ortelius began his career as a colorist with Christophe Plantin, a printer in Antwerp. He was a cartographer and an humanist. He became a friend of the house and one of the great authors attached to the Plantin-Moretus printing house, were the majority of the atlases were printed at this period. Antwerp is in the sixteenth century one of the largest cities in Europe and a major cultural and artistic center. The printing press is flourishing and the Officinia Plantinia or the Compas d’Or, the publishing house founded by Christophe Plantin, is one of the most important and sells books throughout Europe. With 16 presses and 80 employees, it offers an impressive catalogue of various books and maps.Above all, Ortelius forged a reputation as the inventor of the modern atlas: in 1570, he was the first to collect a series of maps of identical format and style, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He achieved this thanks to his vast knowledge and his numerous contacts with scholars throughout Europe, a few years before his contemporaries Gerard de Jode and Gerard Mercator also published an atlas.1570, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of Ortelius is the first atlas printed in the modern sense of the word; it is published in Latin in Antwerp. The book includes 53 maps, works by different authors, classified from general to particular. On the verso of each map, a text exposes the knowledge of the represented region. The success was immediate and translations from latin to French, German or Dutch were quickly published. When it was published in 1570, this work was the first to compile all known world maps in the same format. It is a huge success despite its high price (it is reputed to be the most expensive book of its century). It will know 42 editions in 7 languages until its last posthumous publications in 1612.This “pocket” version of Ortelius’s atlas was used by travellers and students for whom the folio would be inconvenient or expensive. The initiative of the edition of the Theatrum in reduced format is supposed to have come from the engraver Philip Galle; the text, in verses, was composed by Pieter Heyns, poet and teacher. Both Galle and Heyns were friends of Abraham Ortelius. The commercial success of this pocket-atlas was considerable. The first edition, in Dutch in 1577, was translated and reprinted in French, Latin, and then in italian.All the editions of the Epitome engraved by Philippe Galle before 1601 were printed by Plantin, exceptly this one, printed by Arnold Coninx in Antwerp. If you buy more than one item, you have to pay just one only shipping cost. We will send your item by Registered and Insured Airmail or by DHL with covering insurance. Customs may be charged on international shipments. All customs charges are the responsiblity of the buyer and are not included in the selling price. A Certification of Authenticity can be issued on request.View our FeedbackView our Other Items For SaleWE DON’T SELL LASER AND COPIES MAPS, ALL WE SELL IS ORIGINAL AND ANTIQUE.Due to the age an type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help you.

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