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157112719Antwerp Gielis Coppens van Diest 1571. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Complete copy bound in a contemporary vellum binding 8 53 maps 29 Folio. Engraved architectural title with the figure of Europe at the top. With 53 contemporary handcoloured double-page engraved maps. H. 43 x W. 30 cm. / H. 16.90 x W. 11.8 inch. Rare early edition of Ortelius' revolutionary atlas first published in Antwerp in 1570 also a Latin edition. Ortelius' atlas was revolutionary because it was the first attempt to present the geography of the world in a uniformly produced collection of maps of all known parts of the world. Ortelius designed the maps himself basing his designs on the cartographic sources that he had at hand and equally revolutionary also mentioning his sources on the maps and once finished had them engraved by Frans Hogenberg and Ambrosius and Ferdinand Aertsen. Finally Gielis Coppens van Diest printed the maps after which they could be coloured also in a uniform style and bound in a logical order in one volume. These atlases were a new phenomenon and proved to be very popular in Europe. Soon editions were published in various languages of Europe in print runs of a few hundred copies each. Few maps are slightly finger-stained in the wide margins. Contemporary vellum binding with some scratches and stains. Overall a remarkable copy of this famous atlas in beautiful contemporary colours. Van den Broecke estimates that of this 2nd Latin edition approximately 275 copies were printed. Literature: Van de Krogt/ Koeman IIIA 31:002; Adams O-335; Phillips 382; Shirley 122 with the world map in his first plate first state. Antwerp, Gielis Coppens van Diest hardcover
1570B6632Colophon: Antwerp: Gielis von Diest 1572-1573 Durch Abrahamum Ortelium. c. 1572 & 1570 -1595. occasional minor damp staining map of Morocco rebacked; rare oxidization spots otherwise a very good example. Binding: Expertly rebacked in style; saving the armorial seventeenth century heavily gilt panelled full red calf with Louis xiv’s fleur-de-lis bookplates on upper and lower covers; spine raised with six 6 bands gilt ornamented compartments and gilt lettered title on two; inner gilt dentelles. Notes: The 1572 German special edition plus other early maps.First very rare German 1572 edition in contemporary colour bound with maps from editions up to 1595.<br> <br>1572 Atlas with text in German and captions in Latin; extra plates in Latin one in Spanish. <br>A5v Ortelius publ. <br>“Abraham Ortelius or Ortels or Orthellius or Wortels 1527–1598 was a … cartographer geographer and cosmographer conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum…. Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography. He was also one of the most notable figures of the school in its golden age approximately 1570s–1670s. The publication of his atlas in 1570 is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography. … On 20 May 1570 Gilles Coppens de Diest at Antwerp issued Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum the "first modern atlas" of 53 maps…. Three Latin editions of this besides a Dutch a French and a German edition appeared before the end of 1572. …†<br> <br>Tooley states: "The publication of this atlas marked an epoch in the history of cartography. It was the first uniformly sized systematic collection of maps of the countries of the world based only on contemporary knowledge".<br> <br>“The present work is the first German edition of the Theatrum with the German title “Theatrum oder Schawplatz des Erdtbodems …†The plates are identical; however the Index/ Register is reduced/ absent as explained at A5v of the German edition or Ortelius’ to the Reader or “Abraham Ortelius// Zum guetwilligen Leser.â€<br> <br>Shirley states: “From the first atlas in 1570 with 53 map sheets the work grew in size so that the final edition in 1612 contained over 160 items. Initially new maps were issued through a series of Additamenta between 1573 and 1597; in addition a classical addendum called the Parergon was produced from 1579 onwards.†<br> <br>"Shape and contents set the standards for later atlases when the centre of the map-trade moved from Antwerp to Amsterdam. The characteristic feature of the Theatrum is that it consists of two elements forming part of a unitary whole: text and maps. This concept for a 'Theatre of the world' was followed through the 17th century. Before Ortelius no one had done this" Koeman. <br> <br>Koeman 1961 mentions on p.138/ under 49.1 the 1572 German text edition following its 1570 Latin ‘Theatrum orbis terrarum’. <br> Size: Folio 414x285mm Illustration: Illustrated allegorical title; ornamental woodcut initials at openings of poetry dedication explanation of the allegorical title and the “to the Reader†as well as each of the 53 openings of explanatory texts preceding each plate; head and endpieces; all fifty-three 53 double page plates reflecting the same plates first published in the 1570 Latin edition; and various literature mention that only the first German edition is similar to First Latin edition. moreover the second edition had extra plates. the twenty 20 further double page plates representing twenty-eight 28 early maps this includes small insert maps dating up to 1595 both in contemporary hand colour and uncoloured. <br> <br> References: Lilly Library Indiana University Bloomington The Bernando Mendel Collection 1964: p.42; Koeman vol.III: pp.25-33; Shirley I: p.771 Pages: Ll: Bl. A1-6 with title and texts of poetry dedication explanation of allegory in title and to the reader; ill 53 DP plates; ill 20 interspersed DP plates bl. Category: Book Europe Germany; Book Atlas & Cartography; (Colophon: Antwerp: Gielis von Diest, 1572-[1573]) Durch Abrahamum Ortelium. unknown
15093547615/09/1863. <blockquote><p>The letter itself was from Lamb a pallbearer after Lincoln's assassination</p></blockquote><p>Joseph Gillespie was a Whig member of the Illinois Assembly in 1840-41 and then served in the State Senate from 1847 to 1859. He joined the Republicans in 1856. Gillespie chaired the Illinois Republican State Convention in 1860 where presidential electors were selected who would vote for Abraham Lincoln and served as circuit court judge in Southern Illinois from 1861 to 1873.</p><p>From when they met in 1840 Gillespie was a key political ally lawyer and trusted and intimate friend to Abraham Lincoln. They consulted on legal cases and in political matters where they kept each other informed of political developments. Gillespie visited President-elect Lincoln at Springfield before he left for Washington. When Lincoln was president Gillespie occasionally went to Washington to see him and kept him informed about the political situation in the western states. Their correspondence shows a close personal bond.</p><p>James L. Lamb was a meatpacker industrialist and friend of Lincoln from Illinois known for his business dealings with the future President and his role as one of the pallbearers at Lincoln's funeral. In a letter addressed to President Lincoln Lamb wrote him from Springfield Ill. September 10 1863 to secure a position for a relative. “My friend and relative Mr. James H. Lea is an applicant for the position of paymaster in the army. His appointment I am sure would meet the approbation of all true friends of the Government who are acquainted with him. I have long known him as a reliable competent businessman and one whose integrity could be fully relied upon. His moral character is without blemish and the most satisfactory assurances can be given of his integrity and fitness for the position.†The docket states “Springfield Sep. 10/63 James L. Lamb to the President. Application for appointment of James H. Lea as a Paymaster.â€</p><p>This letter was not mailed by Lamb to Lincoln. Instead Lamb gave the letter to Gillespie to enlist his support and use his influence with Lincoln. Gillespie presented Lamb’s letter to Lincoln with his request that it be honored.</p><p><strong>Autograph endorsement signed</strong> Washington September 15 1863. <em>“My old friend Gillespie presents this; and I would like for him to be obliged.†</em>This is unpublished and not in Basler’s Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. The wording of Lincoln’s endorsement saying that Gillespie presented this to Lincoln and the implication that Gillespie will need to be presenting this to the Secretary of War raises the possibility that Gillespie handed this to Lincoln in person and then took the endorsement to Stanton.</p><p>On October 10 Gillespie wrote Lincoln that the appointment had not yet been made and relating a communication with Stanton saying<em> “I would beg to call your attention to the subject of the appointment of my friend James H. Lea of Alton to the office of paymaster in the regular army. Secy. Stanton told me that he would retire one now on the list to make place for Mr Lea in a short time. I have heard nothing from him since. I would take it as a great favor if this thing could be done soon. I am aware how much you must be pressed with business of an engrossing character at this juncture but hope you may find leisure to jog the secretary’s memory.â€</em></p><p>According to papers in the Library of Congress James H. Lea was appointed an additional paymaster of volunteers to rank from February 23 1864. He signed his oath of office in April.</p><p>This is a fascinating endorsement showing how Lincoln sought to assist his old friends to the extent he appropriately could.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
15073254115/07/1864. <blockquote><p>A real rarity the first Lincoln appointment to the Signal Corps for an officer active in Sherman’s Georgia Campaign we have seen</p></blockquote><p>On March 29 1860 the United States House of Representatives approved the Army appropriations bill for fiscal year 1861 which included the following amendment: ""For the manufacture or purchase of apparatus and equipment for field signals $2000; and that there be added to the staff of the Army one signal officer with the rank pay and allowance of a major of cavalry who shall have charge under the direction of the Secretary of War of all signal duty and all books papers and apparatus connected therewith."" The United States Senate eventually approved the appropriations bill over the objections of Jefferson Davis now Senator from Mississippi and President James Buchanan signed it into law on June 21 1860 the date now celebrated as the birthday of the modern U.S. Army Signal Corps.</p><p>Now armies on the go could report back to their civilian leadership in real time and those leaders could make decisions without waiting for a messenger on horse. This changed the face of warfare. President Lincoln himself spent significant time in the telegraph office sending and receiving war correspondence. He often walked alone from the White House to the office and chatted with the operators. As Bates later wrote “During the Civil War the President spent more of his waking hours in the War Department telegraph office than in any other place except the White House. While in the Telegraph Office he was comparatively free from official cares and therefore more apt to disclose his natural traits and disposition than elsewhere under other conditions.â€</p><p>John Quincy Adams first enlisted in 1862 with the 38th Ohio Volunteers. On October 15 of that year he was a quartermaster sergeant with the 10th Ohio Cavalry. After a stint as acting lieutenant on July 15 1864 he was appointed by the President Second Lieutenant to date from March 3 1863. Adams was actively involved in the Georgia campaign conducted by Gen. William T. Sherman. He was with left wing of the 16th Army Corps on the march to Chattanooga Tenn. In the Atlanta Campaign he participated in the battles of Resaca Dallas Kenesaw Mountain. and Jonesboro. He manned signal corps stations at Kenesaw Mt. and Allatoona.</p><p>Adams was in the engagements at Port McAllister and Rice Mill station in the campaign from Savannah through the Carolinas including battles at Columbia Bentonville and Raleigh; and at the surrender of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to Sherman on April 26 1865. Adams was breveted 1st lieutenant for gallant and meritorious service in the Signal Corps at the battle of Allatoona; he was breveted captain for gallant and meritorious services in the Signal Corps at the capture of Fort McAllister and Savannah and throughout the war. Adams was mustered out August 22 1865. After the war he was in the 1st U. S. Cavalry and was in the Indian wars and finished his career as captain and aide to Gen. O.O. Howard in October 1884. He is listed on the roster of the U.S. Signal Corps in the Civil War.</p><p>Adams is also a protagonist in one of the most famous telegraph exchanges of the war during the battle near Allatoona. During this battle legend goes that Sherman signaled to General Corse and his men to ""hold the fort"" a phrase that inspired the later popular religious hymn entitled Hold the Fort by Chicago evangelist Philip P. Bliss which featured the chorus 'Hold the fort for I am coming’ which then became a common expression. We still use ""hold down the fort"" today. Adams was the signal officer who received that message or rather a variant as Sherman did not use that exact phrase though captured the sentiment.</p><p>This is President Lincoln’s appointment of Adams as Second Lieutenant. <strong>Document signed</strong> Washington July 15 1864 naming Adams <em>""Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps""</em> dating from the third of March 1863.</p><p>This document is a real rarity as we have never before seen a Lincoln appointment to the Signal Corps for an officer active in Sherman’s March to the Sea. Moreover Lincoln Signal Corps appointments are themselves uncommon this being our first.</p><p>It was acquired from the Adams descendants and has never been offered for sale before.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
15887526At London Imprinted by William How for Thomas Gubbin and T. Newman 1588. 1588 4to. 10 85 2 87-151 leaves. Folding table 'A generall Table of the whole Booke'. Later calf panelled in blind with a two line roll and small corner tools. The spine with four raised bands and blind lines. Evidence of a lost label. The spine darkened and minor rubs on the edges and corners. Internally clean and tight with pinholes of worm to the final three leaves mostly marginal but affecting three letters of text on Rrii. Later signature E. Dawson on the front pastedown. Fraunce was a member of Philip Sidney's circle and all his writings were dedicated to members of that group. His writings were commended both by Thomas Nashe and by Francis Meres. In this work he follows the Ramist principles he also employed in other works providing literary examples to demonstrate principles of logic. Here however he expands the approach by using common law cases from Plowden and others. ESTC S102621 . At London, Imprinted by William How, for Thomas Gubbin, and T. Newman, hardcover
158415208Antwerp: Plantin Press 1584 1595. 440 by 550mm. 17.25 by 21.75 inches. Hand-coloured engraved map with fine original colour. The earliest printed map to focus on China and the first to illustrate the Great Wall. It was the first western map of China drawn directly from the findings of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda or Ludovicus Georgius. Barbuda was a Jesuit and he made a manuscript map of China from information on the area gathered by the Jesuit mission. Arias Montanus passed this map on to Ortelius. He issued this first separately published map of China in 1584 which remained the standard map of China for over fifty years. The map is oriented to the west. Japan is shown on a curved projection borrowing from Portuguese sources. Wind wagons are shown in the north a Chinese invention that also became popular in the Low Countries. The text on the reverse of the map is in Latin and gives an insight into the climate national features inhabitants and economy of China at that time. Abraham Ortelius is one of the most famous of the early mapmakers and publishers. His 'Atlas of the Whole World' 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' was first published in 1570 the first uniformly sized systematic collection of maps and hence can be called the first 'Atlas'. These beautiful maps were elegantly engraved by Frans Hogenberg. Plantin Press], unknown
15042913315/04/1865. <blockquote><p>The Assassination:<strong><br /></strong></p></blockquote><p>Abraham Lincoln continues to stand as America’s most beloved President. Of our nation’s historical icons Lincoln is the quintessential embodiment of American possibility in his mythic-like rise from rail-splitter to Chief Executive and Emancipator of the oppressed. The admiration felt by Americans for Lincoln’s humble integrity his performance in office his noble statesmanship and his keen sense of justice is enduring. Lincoln is not given the highest marks just for character but for the transformation of the nation that he left behind which was both profound and long-lasting.</p><p>Polls of historians generally show their belief that Lincoln faced the hardest job of any president. He had to define the issues inspire the people be steadfast in the face of losses win the Civil War free the slaves and lay the groundwork to reunite the nation. All that in the face of determined opposition. He accomplished all this in four years but was assassinated on April 14 1865 and his death left him unable to finish the job a job that quite likely he was the only one with a chance to get completed in a way that would truly bring the nation together.</p><p>The end of the Civil War left the nation with two overwhelming questions: what to do with and do for the millions of freed slaves; and how to reintegrate the South into the Union. On the first point Lincoln was focused on African American access to land economic prosperity and legal rights and had just approved Gen. William T. Sherman’s order distributing parcels of former slave plantations to the slaves themselves. Lincoln wanted black Union veterans to have the right to vote which was a step to ultimately embracing full suffrage for African American males. In what proved to be his final speech three evenings before his death Lincoln had become the first president ever to support black voting. Lincoln’s successor Andrew Johnson was a Southerner uninterested in fair treatment of the liberated slaves. He opposed plans designed to guarantee the civil rights of black Americans and cancelled Sherman’s order granting land to slaves. Johnson accepted the draconian post-Civil War Black Codes which limited the rights and liberties of African-Americans something Lincoln would never have done.</p><p>On the second point the readmission of the Southern states Johnson felt that once Southern states returned their loyalty to the national government they could manage their own affairs. This meant they could pass any Jim Crow laws they liked. He opposed the Republican plan for Reconstruction of the South including provisions designed to guarantee the civil rights of black Americans. The Republican Congress had no rapport with Johnson and the initial four years era of Reconstruction which was a disaster to the nation was essentially a bitter battle between a North and South that remained locked in contention presided over by a weak President Johnson and a Congress at loggerheads with him. Lincoln had enormous power and influence some of which extended into the South. He saw the end of the war as an opportunity to not simply celebrate victory but an opportunity to move the country forward. Johnson had no such feeling. Lincoln would have been much better placed to direct moderate and ease the contentions of Reconstruction.</p><p>John Wilkes Booth was a member of a famous acting family and he enjoyed a phenomenally successful stage career during the Civil War: By 1864 he earned $20000 a year at a time when the average Northern family earned around $300 annually. A Marylander by birth Booth was an open Confederate sympathizer during the war. A supporter of slavery Booth believed that Lincoln was determined to overthrow the Constitution and to destroy his beloved South. After Lincoln’s reelection in November 1864 Booth devised a plan to kidnap the president and spirit him to Richmond where he could be ransomed for some of the Confederate prisoners languishing in northern jails. That winter Booth and his conspirators plotted a pair of elaborate plans to kidnap the president; the first involved capturing Lincoln in his box at Ford’s Theater and lowering the president to the stage with ropes. Booth ultimately gave up acting to focus on these schemes. Neither of the kidnapping plans bore fruit. On the evening of April 11 the President stood on the White House balcony and delivered a speech to a small group gathered on the lawn. Two days earlier Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House and after four long years of struggle it had become clear that the Union cause would shortly emerge from the war victorious. Lincoln’s speech that evening outlined some of his ideas about reconstructing the nation and bringing the defeated Confederate states back into the Union. Lincoln also indicated a wish to extend the franchise to some African-Americans—at the very least those who had fought in the Union ranks during the war - and expressed a desire that the southern states would extend the vote to literate blacks as well. Booth stood in the audience for the speech and this notion seems to have amplified his rage at Lincoln. “That means nigger citizenship†he told Lewis Powell one of his band of conspirators. “Now by God I’ll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make.â€</p><p>Three days later Booth made good on his promise. Upon learning that Lincoln and his wife intended to see the play “Our American Cousin†at Ford’s Theater Booth used his actor’s connections there to gain access to the President’s box. He shot Lincoln at about 10 pm on April 14 1865 and Lincoln died about after 7 am on the 15th.</p><p>Dr. Charles Leale was in the audience. Leale leapt over theater seats got to the president’s box and announced that he was a doctor. As he entered the President was sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and head slumped. He already looked dead Leale recalled. He felt Lincoln’s right arm for a pulse but couldn’t find one. He and some others eased Lincoln to the floor and Leale began searching for the wound. “I quickly passed the separated fingers of both hands through his blood-matted hair…and I discovered his mortal wound†Leale recalled. “The president had been shot in the back part of the head behind the left ear.†Leale stuck the little finger of his left hand into the hole in Lincoln’s skull. “I then knew it was fatal and told the bystanders†he wrote later. Leale knew he had to get Lincoln out of the theater to treat him. But he believed a carriage ride back to the White House would kill him. He and several other men lifted the president and with Leale holding Lincoln’s head they began to maneuver him outside. Across the street from the theater was the house of William Peterson and Lincoln was taken there. Lincoln was carried to a small back room stripped of his clothes and covered with blankets. His 6-foot-4-inch frame had to be placed diagonally to fit on the bed. Leale ordered the window opened and the wait began. A parade of anguished government officials and family members came and went. The President sank steadily his breathing labored and his pulse nearly undetectable. At 7:22 am on April 15 President Lincoln breathed his last. Leale smoothed the contracted muscles of Lincoln’s features placed two coins over his eyes and pulled a sheet up over his face. Famously Secretary of War Stanton saluted the fallen President and uttered “Now he belongs to the ages.†Stanton further eulogized Lincoln with the apt observation “There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen.â€</p><p><strong>Original report</strong> on the assassination printed the very day he died</p><p>The public was hungry for information and the newspapers equally hungry to report the momentous news. One of these was the Binghamton Daily Republican and this is its issue of April 15 1865 with black mourning columns.</p><p>The front page as was routine at the time was taken up by ads. The news then began on page two. There at top left is the headline <em>“The Assassination of President Lincoln! A Nation in Mourning!!!â€</em> It begins <em>“We feel too unfitted by this awful event to allude to the calamity in terms becoming its solemnity and importance! LINCOLN IS DEAD! Struck down by the hands of a brutal assassin in the midst of the triumphs which were commemorating his salvation of the country. A great man indeed has fallen! The foremost man of his time is no more…We dare not contemplate what may follow this sad and inscrutable providence.â€</em> This was followed by a proclamation of the governor of New York. On page three were dispatches from 12:30 AM to noon to 3:00. An early dispatch reports that<em> “the President was shot… and is not expected to liveâ€</em> and told of the events of the assassination then available in detail. It mentioned <em>“The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first disclosed the fact to the audience that the President had been shot.â€</em> Later it reported of Lincoln <em>“At midnight the Cabinet…a few personal friends with Surg. Gen. Barnes and his immediate assistants were beside his bedside…The parting of his family with the dying president is too sad for description.â€</em></p><p>At noon the newspaper had more news and reported <em>“Later concerning the President. He died this morning at 7:20. Two villains engaged in the horrible crime. The murder planned before March 4th.â€</em> At the bottom of the column is a report on the progress of the army of General William T. Sherman saying that in response to Grant’s hope Sherman would pursue the remaining Confederates Sherman said <em>“I think we’ll do it.â€</em> At 3:00 the paper printed the latest from Washington. It contained <em>“Full particulars of the Death of Abraham Lincolnâ€</em> plus <em>“Inauguration of President Johnsonâ€</em> and Johnson’s statement on taking office.</p><p>Original newspapers reporting Lincoln’s assassination have become very scarce this being our first in over a decade. This one is comprehensive and with its black borders and large headlines is evocative of the moment and would be perfect for display.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> hardcover
158415641Antwerp: Plantin Press 1584. 450 by 540mm. 17.75 by 21.25 inches. Engraved map with hand colour loss to top right margin skilfully reinstated. The earliest printed map to focus on China and the first to illustrate the Great Wall. It was the first western map of China drawn directly from the findings of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda or Ludovicus Georgius. Barbuda was a Jesuit and he made a manuscript map of China from information on the area gathered by the Jesuit mission. Arias Montanus passed this map on to Ortelius. He issued this first separately published map of China in 1584 which remained the standard map of China for over fifty years. The map is oriented to the west. Japan is shown on a curved projection borrowing from Portuguese sources. Wind wagons are shown in the north a Chinese invention that also became popular in the Low Countries. The text on the reverse of the map is in Latin and gives an insight into the climate national features inhabitants and economy of China at that time. Abraham Ortelius is one of the most famous of the early mapmakers and publishers. His 'Atlas of the Whole World' 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' was first published in 1570 the first uniformly sized systematic collection of maps and hence can be called the first 'Atlas'. These beautiful maps were elegantly engraved by Frans Hogenberg. Plantin Press], unknown
158461175<p>hand-coloured copper engraving. verso: Spanish text. EXTREMELY RARE.</p><p>The first European map of China appeared in Abraham Ortelius's atlas " Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" showing the area of Canton Mindanao no Luzon some islands to the North but only CuboCebu is marked and part of Japan – Spanish edition. An extremely important map for the Philippines here in the first state: there is no indication yet of' 'Las Philippinas' as will be shown later in the second state on the long elongated island just north of Borneo in the position and orientation of Palawan but apparently not based on Spanish knowledge.<br />Ortelius was a notable Dutch cartographer and the publication of this atlas in 1570 marked an epoch in the history of cartography. It was the first uniformly sized systematic collection of maps of the countries of the world based only on contemporary knowledge since the days of Ptolemy & in that sense may be called the first modern atlas; although that term itself was not used until 20 years later by Mercator. The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with 5 supplements with text in Latin Dutch German French Spanish Italian & English between the years 1570-1612. The protrusion of a Southern landmass initially called 'Beach' by Marco Polo is shown South of "Java Major" alluding to Australia. Reference: Tooley Mapmakers S.38; Koeman III Ort 29 B; Walter Japan Nr. 11F; Karrow Mapmakers Nr. 1/152; Landmarks of Mapmaking pict. p. 21; Phillips Atlases 396; OAG Japan a cartographic vision pl. 11F; Suárez: Early Mapping… p. 170-1; Karrow Mapmakers p. 479; Lietz Insulae Indiae Orientalis 36th IMCoS Symposium Manila 2018 Gallery of Prints & Ayala Museum p.12.</p><p>Condition: Very good.</p> published in Antwerp.
1592M8829Antwerp 1592. Very Good. Notes: Latin text on verso. L5. <br><br>A highly decorative map of the Americas. It is considered as the most beautiful map of the Western Hemisphere of the 16th century with a bulge on the coast of South America.<br>This map of the Americas by Ortelius came to be one of the most influential maps of this area having a large impact on European perspectives of the new continent. Ortelius was able to obtain cartographic information from both Spanish and Portuguese sources. From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius which was the first atlas produced that uniformly covered the world with similarly sized and styled maps. Burden 39.<br><br><br><br><br><br> Size : 362x500 mm 14.25x19.69 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Burden 39. Van Den Broecke #11. Category: Maps North America; Maps South America Continent; unknown
1584M11280Antwerp Belgium 1584. Very Good. Notes: Decorative and famous early map of the Americas.<br>The map shows North and South America and the Great Southern Continent extending northward to include New Guinea. The title is in a strapwork cartouche and the sea area is decorated with four ships and a sea creature.<br>Latin text on verso. <br>Abraham Ortelius April 1527 – June 1598 was a Flemish cartographer geographer and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Theatre of the World. Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography. He was a notable figure of this school in its golden age approximately 1570s–1670s and an important geographer of Spain during the age of discovery. The publication of his atlas in 1570 is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography. Size : 362x500 mm 14.25x19.69 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Marcel P. R. Van Den Broecke #10.<br> Category: Maps North America; Maps South America Continent; unknown
152353327Venice: Daniel Bamberg 1523. Daniel Bamberg unknown
1573311532Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1573. framed. Map. Color engraving. Image measures 14 3/8" x 19.75". In gilt frame with empire French matting 23 x 28 1/2 inches.<br/> <br/> Gorgeous 16th century map of Italy. Elevations are beautifully colored and major towns are noted in red. Part of the Balkans Corsica and northern Sardinia are included along with part of Switzerland. Monaco is noted to the West. It was Ortelius's first map of Italy with a depiction of Neptune embracing and kissing a Neirid merwoman. A Sphinx perches atop the distance scale cartouche. Seven ships complete the composition. Some foxing and toning but otherwise a beautiful example of this uncommon edition. <br> <br> Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 started his career as a Flemish map colorist eventually becoming a publisher cartographer and geographer. He widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke 118.<br/> <br/> Ortelius, Abraham unknown
1574G1ADU6GU6IANAntwerp: Christophe Plantin 1574. Engraved map 35 x 50 cm in contemporary hand-colouring and highlighted in gold. Scale 1:9000000. 16th-century Dutch map of Persia based on the Gastaldi map with additional new cartographic information.l Alai General maps E.70; Al-Qasimi 30; Van den Broecke 167 first state. Christophe Plantin, unknown
158453076Antwerp. c.1584-95. A beautiful map of the British Isles north to the right. The map is based on Mercator's earlier map of the British Isles of 1564. Title in strapwork cartouche at top right text in Latin in its own cartouche at lower right scale and royal arms; ships at sea. It is difficult to put an exact date on the map because of the complex publishing history of Ortelius' atlas. Published in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Size: 345 x 505 mm. Copper engraving. Coloured. Framed size: 780 x 640 mm. Fine condition good margins. Moreland & Bannister p. 200-203; Van den Broecke 16. unknown
159854753Antwerp. 1598. This glorious map is embellished with an elegant border and a bold imposing title cartouche in top right corner and a smaller oval cartouche in bottom left corner containing nine lines of Latin text. Natural topography is clearly delineated with the relief shown pictorially. Charming details include a couple of sailing ships a large flying fish and two warriors in their tented camps. This beautiful and important map still showing California as a peninsula was much copied by other cartographers. Size: 470 x 350 mm. Copper engraving. Original colour. Fine condition. Moreland & Bannister Antique Maps p.269. unknown
158163816<p>hand-coloured copper engraving. RARE. Stunning well-known map from 'Theatre de L'Univers contenant les cartes de tout le monde'.</p><p>This is the first French edition of his celebrated atlas - the FIRST in the World: 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was first published in Latin in 1570. The work was published by Christofle Plantin for Ortelius between 1581 and 1582 in Anvers Antwerp Belgium. Shows India and Indonesia Japan and the Philippines still without Luzon and parts of the American and Australian coastlines and the first Western map to show Formosa Taiwan.</p><p>Ortelius was a notable Dutch cartographer and 'the publication of this atlas in 1570 marked an epoch in the history of cartography. It was the first uniformly sized systematic collection of maps of the countries of the world based only on contemporary knowledge since the days of Ptolemy & in that sense may be called the first modern atlas; although that term itself was not used until 20 years later by Mercator. The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with 5 supplements. with text in Latin Dutch German French Spanish Italian & English between the years 1570-1612. The protrusion of a Southern landmass initially called 'Beach' by Marco Polo is shown South of "Java Major" alluding to another "necessary" suspected landmass to keep the round earth balanced: Australia… Reference: Quirino p. 76; Cortazzi Isles of Gold p. 20 & 17; Walter Japan Nr. 11D; Broecke #166; Tooley Maps of Australia Nr. 937; Clancy Terra Australis Map 5.16; Clancy/R. S. 44/45/46; Suarez Southeast Asia; Farbabb. S. 166: Parry South Indian Islands S.; 78 mit Abb:Koeman III 8400:31:vdB 166.1; Ort 29 B Latin ed.; Lietz Insulae Indiae Orientalis 36th IMCoS Symposium Manila 2018 Gallery of Prints & Ayala Museum p.101.</p><p>Condition: centrefold as issued.</p> Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium.
15782206Antwerp: Plantin 1578. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 23 x 16.5 cm 4 ff. 417 1 pp. 1 f. Bound in contemporary vellum over flexible boards head slightly chipped; early signature on t-p. Woodcut 'golden compass' device of the Plantin press on title. Generally good. First edition of this early modern geographical dictionary published alongside the first Plantin edition of Ortelius' successful Theatrum orbis terrarum Antwerp 1579 and listing thousands of names both ancient and modern for "peoples regions islands great and small towns mountains foothills forests seas bays lakes" etc. depicted in the atlas. Earlier versions of the Synonymia had previously appeared as indices to the atlas containing a little over 2000 entries; "in all this first version of Ortelius' geographical dictionary in the form of a separate book includes approximately 10000 entries" Meurer. Ortelius' methodology in the present volume differs from that of his earlier indices: a parallel glossary of non-Latin names has been turned into a bilingual appendix and Ortelius relies almost completely on classical authors quoting moderns only when he cannot go straight to the source. The significance of these alterations for the author's role not as mapmaker but as linguist and lexicographer is hard to overstate: his introduction declares that he undertook the new Synonymia largely out of frustration at the scholarly inadequacy of current Latin lexica including earlier editions of his own which frequently printed inexact or even nonexistent terms sometimes on dodgy authority. Voet 1835; Skelton Theatrum orbis terrarum facsimile 1964; Meurer in Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas ed. Voet pp. 331-346. Plantin hardcover
1575M10946Antwerp 1575. Very Good with some expert restoration on the two corners of the lower margin not affecting the map. Notes: Latin Text on verso.<br>From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Atlas Ortelius's influential map of continental Asia after Gastaldi. "While the Mediterranean coastline and the southern coastline of Asia are fairly accurate the eastern and northern coastlines are erroneous. Especially the north-western parts with the Japanese island group is quite mis-presented. Also many errors in placenames e.g. Meppo for Aleppo. . There is no doubt about the Italian source for this map viz. Gastaldi." Brandmair. Size : 372x492 mm 14.65x19.37 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Van Den Broecke #7. Category: Maps Asia Continent; unknown
158017201Antwerp: Christopher Platin 1580. Other. A very good example in excellent condition and original colors. 376 by 489mm 14 by 19 inches. Original copper engraving oldcolored published 1582 in Antwerpen in the atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. This is the 2nd plate of Ortelius's "Asia Nova Descriptio". It has the lower case "Farfana" and the town "Ara" has disapeared. The map is finely hand-colored in wash and outline when published. A colored title cartouche is in the lower left corner. Villages and towns are shown as miniature views moreover the map is ornated with sea monsters. A highly decorative 16th century map of Asia. Ortelius was born on 14 April 1527 in the city of Antwerp which was then in the Habsburg Netherlands modern-day Belgium. The Orthellius family were originally from Augsburg a Free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1535 the family had fallen under suspicion of Protestantism. Following the death of Ortelius's father his uncle Jacobus van Meteren returned from religious exile in England to take care of Ortelius. Abraham remained close to his cousin Emanuel van Meteren who would later moved to London. In 1575 he was appointed geographer to the king of Spain Philip II on the recommendation of Arias Montanus who vouched for his orthodoxy. He travelled extensively in Europe and is specifically known to have traveled throughout the Seventeen Provinces; in southern western northern and eastern Germany e.g. 1560 15751576; France 15591560; England and Ireland 1576; and Italy 1578 and perhaps twice or thrice between 1550 and 1558. Beginning as a map-engraver in 1547 he entered the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as an illuminator of maps. He supplemented his income trading in books prints and maps and his journeys included yearly visits to the Frankfurt book and print fair where he met Gerardus Mercator in 1554. In 1560 however when travelling with Mercator to Trier Lorraine and Poitiers he seems to have been attracted largely by Mercator's influence towards the career of a scientific geographer. Wikipedia Broe. 7. Christopher Platin unknown
15849733Antwerp 1584. Copper engraving 34.5 x 49.5 cm modern hand-colour centrefold reinforced on verso several neat marginal restorations Latin text on verso. The British Isles aligned with west at the top of the map and north on the right which makes better use of the available space on the page; it was chiefly derived from Mercators map of 1564. Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is widely considered the first modern world atlas originally published in 1570. Ortelius gathered and selected the maps which he believed represented the best available cartographic knowledge of his day which he then presented it in a single volume duly credited and finely engraved in a consistent style with explanatory text. The Theatrum was highly decorative and hugely popular amongst the wealthy and educated running into over forty editions in Latin and other major European languages. Shirley British Isles 139 but cf. 86.Van den Broecke 16. Map unknown
158054214Antwerpen ca. 1580. 32 x 41 cm. Kobberstukket Danmarkskort i original håndkolorereing. Med Skåne Halland og Blekinge samt den nordlige del af Tyskland.Foldningen fint forstærket på bagsiden med japanpapir. <br/><br/><em>Et af de tidligste danmarkskort med Marcus Jordan og Cornelis Anthoniszoon som forlæg. Kortet har ingen tekst på bagsiden men stammer fra Ortelius' berømte atlas "Theatrum orbis terrarum" som udkom i 19 udgaver alle før 1584. I de senere udgaver af atlasset blev kortet revideret og opdelt i to mindre dele.Bramsen p. 56. </em> unknown
1574M10843Antwerp Belgium c.1574. Very Good. Notes: Latin text on verso. L.61<br>Decorative map of Russia by Abraham Ortelius. Size : 352x448 mm 13.86x17.64 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Marcel P. R. van den Broecke #162. Category: Maps Russia; unknown
157521270Amsterdam: Ortelius 1575. Very good overall. A classic map of the British Isles published in the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' regarded as the first modern atlas. The map was oriented with north to the right so that the map fitted the sheet of paper as it predates the convention of north to the top of the map.<br /> <br /> Ort 16 Koeman/Meurer: 6 Karrow: 1/11 van der Krogt AN: 5000:31A. Listed on Van Den Broecke as 1575L6 100 copies printed small page number 7 mm; last line centred like 3 lines above it: sem;Ponticum Virunium;Ioannem Prisæum;&Bedam. Shirley: British Isles 1477-1650 86. <br /> <br /> Latin text on verso. 19 1/2 x 13 1/2". Centerfold and right margin strengthened. Original color heightened. Ortelius unknown
157415880Antwerp: Plantin 1574. Maps. Very good overall. The map of Asia from Ortelius' groundbreaking 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' considered the first modern geographical atlas 'produced in thirty-one editions between 1570 and 1612' David Parry: 'The Cartography of the East Indian Islands' 2005. Covering the area from the Middle East to Nova Guinea with part of the coast line of Australia 'Terrae Incognitae Australis Pars' in the lower right corner. Based on Ortelius' own 1567 wall map of Asia from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Van den Broecke Ort #6 "Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number: 1574L3 175 copies printed large page number 11 mm last line centered like 2 lines above it: nem in maiori Tabula ante tres annos edidimus". It has the capital "F" in La Farfana and the town "Ara" is still present above Aden. A total of only 1675 of this edition were printed compared to the more common Ort 7 edition. Image size:19 3/4 x 14 3/4". With an ornate cartouche and sailing ships. Latin text on verso. Paper size: 21 x 16 1/2". Copper engraving with original hand color. A very small burn hole at the ocean south of Japan; a defect in the plate at the lower edge to the right of the cartouche creating a short black line. Plantin unknown
