Bressiano

Reference: s25185
Author Jan van Keerbergen
Year: 1601 ca.
Zone: Brescia
Printed: Frankfurt
Measures: 125 x 90 mm
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Reference: s25185
Author Jan van Keerbergen
Year: 1601 ca.
Zone: Brescia
Printed: Frankfurt
Measures: 125 x 90 mm
Not Available

Description

Taken from the French edition of the Epitome theatri orbis terrarum,  Antwerp, Jan Keerbergen, 1601; and then Jan B. Vrients, 1609 and Plantin Press, 1612.

In 1601 Jan Keerbergen published the first edition of a world atlas with all the plates engraved by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius. !ey mostly measured about 120 x 80 mm. !is work, with text by Michael Coignet, was the third epitome of Abraham Ortelius’ !eatrum. Latin, French, English, German and Italian editions were published between 1601 and 1612.

The maps were all nicely drawn and engraved and easily recognized, as they have wide borders showing latitude and longitude. !e 123 plates were for the most part copied from those in the 1601 Jan B. Vrients’ edition of Philip Galle’s version, though not arranged in the same sequence.

Etching, good condition.

Literature

G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 86/87.

Jan van Keerbergen(1586-1624)

Literature

G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 86/87.

Jan van Keerbergen(1586-1624)