"Livoniae Nova Descriptio Joanne Portantio Auctore", Ortelius/Galle
Subject: Baltic
Period: 1579 (published)
Publication: Le Miroir du Monde
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.3 x 3.2 inches
10.9 x 8.1 cm
This handsome miniature map of the Baltic region is embellished with a sailing ship and a sea monster. French text on verso. The first pocket version of Ortelius' Theatrum was published by Philippe Galle in 1577 as Spieghel der Werelt. Galle began a new edition with new plates, commonly known as the Epitome, in 1588. Galle's miniature atlas was quite popular, and was published in editions until 1602. From 1583 he gradually introduced a new set of maps, both adding to and replacing the originals. The plates were then passed to Jan B. Vrients, who retouched some of the plates and published the final editions of the Epitome in 1601 and 1602.
References: King (2nd Ed.) pp. 64-65 & 88-89; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #1710:331.
Condition: A
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a number of worm tracks confined to the blank margins, several of which have been closed with old paper on verso.
