Theatro del Orbe de la Tierra
| Reference: | w304 |
| Author | Johannes Baptiste VRIENTS |
| Year: | 1608 ca. |
| Zone: | Title page |
| Printed: | Antwerpen |
| Measures: | 222 x 350 mm |
| Reference: | w304 |
| Author | Johannes Baptiste VRIENTS |
| Year: | 1608 ca. |
| Zone: | Title page |
| Printed: | Antwerpen |
| Measures: | 222 x 350 mm |
Description
Frontespizion del Theatrum Orbis Terrarum di Abraham Ortelius, edizione in lingua spagnola del 1612, accresciuta e stampata da J. B. Vrients.
The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, is considered the first true modern "Atlas".
The work was published in 7 languages and 36 editions, for which - in 1570 - Ortelius obtained the privilege, a kind of copyright that prevented other cartographers from publishing his works. The Theatrum represented the most advanced work of cartographic description. Ortelius collected in it the geographical and cartographic knowledge of his time, proposing in 147 spectacular engraved plates the most faithful image of the world then known and, in some extraordinary "historical maps", regions and routes taken from literature, mythology, tradition. Ortelius was also the first to cite sources, mentioning the names of cartographers in the "catalogus auctorum". From 1598 to 1612 the posthumous editions of the Theatrum were made by his collaborator Johannes Baptiste Vrients.
Copper engraving, contemporary coloring, in good condition.
Johannes Baptiste VRIENTS (1552 - 1612)
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Vrients was the map engraver and publisher in Antwerp who, after the death of Ortelius in 1598, acquired the publication rights of the Theatrum. Between 1601 and 1612 he issued a number of editions which included some of his own maps and he was responsible for printing the maps for the English edition in 1606. He also published a number of important individual maps and a small atlas of the Netherlands.
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Johannes Baptiste VRIENTS (1552 - 1612)
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Vrients was the map engraver and publisher in Antwerp who, after the death of Ortelius in 1598, acquired the publication rights of the Theatrum. Between 1601 and 1612 he issued a number of editions which included some of his own maps and he was responsible for printing the maps for the English edition in 1606. He also published a number of important individual maps and a small atlas of the Netherlands.
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