"Irlandia", Ortelius/Marchetti
Subject: Ireland
Period: 1598 (published)
Publication: Il Theatro del Mondo
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4 x 2.9 inches
10.2 x 7.4 cm
A charming map of Ireland, with north oriented to the right, and decorated with two small ships and a sea monster. Pietro Maria Marchetti produced the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome. The copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. On a full sheet of Italian text (5.5 x 7.5").
References: King (2nd Edition) pp. 78-79; Law, pp. 10-12.
Condition: A
On watermarked paper with show-through of text on verso and marginal soiling.
