A. Ortelius / J.B. Vrients

LO 1588

Portugal

"Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, novißima & exactißima descriptio, Auctore Vernando Alvaro Secco"

Map of Portugal, orientated to the west, with 2 decorative cartouches.

Perfect impression, colours and condition, wide margins.

Ref.: van den Broecke No 27 - 1612L19

€ 850,-

Orig. coloured copper engraving by Abraham Ortelius, after Fernando Alvares Seco, from "Typus Orbis Terrarum" published by Jan Baptista Vrients, Antwerpen 1612, Latin edition, 41,2 x 55,8 cm.

Some details of the map:

Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). Cartographer and publisher in Antwerp. 1570 he started to publish the first modern atlas, 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', with maps in a uniform size. The atlas was issued, revised and enlarged, in many editions and several languages until 1612.

Jan Bapatista Vrients (1552 - 1612). Engraver, publisher and mapseller of Antwerp, who acquired about 1600 stock and plates of Ortelius and de Jode. At the beginning of the 17th century he published some issues of Ortelius' atlas "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", completed with some of his own maps.

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