COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Author:
Vrients, Jan Baptista
Date:
1608
Short Title:
(77) Helvetiae Descriptio.
Publisher:
Jan Baptista Vrients
Publisher Location:
Antwerp
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
35
Obj Width cm:
46
Scale 1:
1,100,000
Reference:
Koeman Ort 31; Van der Krogt 4900:31; Van den Broecke Ort 115
Country:
Switzerland
Full Title:
Helvetiae Descriptio Aegidio Tschudo Avct. Helvetiorum fines habent in longitudine CCXL millia pa��um, ait C��sar libro quod & hodie verum est. Nam sunt a medietate lacus Acronij Genevam usque, miliaria Helvetica ut ipsi computant XXX. In latitudinem autem inter Renum vel Iuram versus finitima Alpium LXXX millia passum, quem X vel XI miliaria Helvetica efficiunt. Continet autem miliarem Helveticum, ut nuc utuntur, spacium duarum horarum equestris; duarum & dimidi�� pedestris itineris. Computantur ergo octo millia passuum Italicorum pro uno miliaro Helvetico. Cum privilegio.
List No:
10001.213
Page No:
77
Series No:
213
Engraver or Printer:
Hogenberg, Frans
Publication Author:
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Publication Author:
Vrients, Jan Baptista
Pub Date:
1608
Pub Title:
Theatro Del Mondo Di Abrahamo Ortelio: Da lui poco inanzi la sua morte riveduto, & di tavole nuove, et commenti adorno, & arricchito con la vita dell'Autore. Traslato in Lingua Toscana dal Sigr. Filippo Pigafetta. In Anversa, Appresso Giovanni Bapta. Vrintio, M.DC.VIII. (with) Parergon, Cioe Fuor D'Opera, Et Giusta, Overo Alcune Tavole Dell'Antica Geographia. (with) Nomenclator Ptolemaicus; Omnia Locorum Vocabula Quae In Tota Ptolemaei Geographia.
Pub Reference:
Koeman Ort 38; van der Krogt 31:651. See Dr. Marcel van den Broecke web site for excellent listing of all Ortelius maps http://orteliusmaps…
Pub Note:
Koeman: "This the first edition ever printed with Italian text. The heirs of Abraham Ortelius sold a manuscript translation by Filippo Pigafetta to Vrients, which was then printed by him. In this translation, the Parergon and the Nomenclator were included. Apart from this, Vrients also added at the end, an Introduction to Cosmography, written by Michel Coignet. Several new maps appear here for the first time." Vrients added 8 new maps, making this combined Theatrum and Parergon edition the largest with 166 maps. 128 maps in the "Theatrum", with the "Parergon" having 38 maps, a portrait of Pope Clement VIII., dedications to Pope Clement VIII. and to Cardinal Aldobrandino, 1605. The Theatrum and Parergon plates are uncolored. The Parergon is Ortelius' atlas of ancient geography. Koeman: "This atlas of ancient geography must be regarded as a personal work of Ortelius. For this work he did not, as in the Theatrum, copy other people's maps but drew the originals himself which were later engraved by Jan Wierix i.a. He took many places and regions from the lands of classical civilization to illustrate and clarify their history, a subject very close to his heart... The maps and plates of the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century."
Pub List No:
10001.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
166
Pub Height cm:
51
Pub Width cm:
32
Image No:
10001213.jp2
Authors:
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598; Vrients, Jan Baptista
