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Theatrvm orbis terrarvm

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, Sweerts, Pierre François, 1567-1629, Hogenberg, Frans, ca. 1539-1590, Arsenius, Ambroise, fl. 1589-1628, Arsenius, Ferdinand, fl. 1589-1628, Wierix, Antonie, 16th cent, Jode, Gerard de, 1509-1591, Vrients, Jan Baptista, 1552-1612, Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568. De Mona druidum insula · 1603 · Antverpiae : Apvd Ioannem Bapt. Vrintivm · 324 pictures

Theatrvm orbis terrarvm is a 1603 atlas compiled by Abraham Ortelius and published in Antwerp by Johannes Baptista Vrintius, with later plates credited to Sweerts, Hogenberg and Arsenius, made for scholars and merchants. The pictures are hand-coloured copperplate maps with decorative cartouches, sea monsters, ornate title panels and wash-tinted regions in ochre, green and yellow, offering a designer models of Renaissance cartographic ornament and colour.

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 · Geography

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