Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Title:
Theatrum orbis terrarum / Abrahami Orteli Antuerp. Geographi Regij = The theatre of the whole world / set forth by that excellent geographer Abraham Ortelius.
Alternate Title(s):
Theatrvm orbis terrarvm
Published / Created:
London : Printed by Iohn Norton, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie in Hebrew, Greeke, and Latine, 1606 [i.e. 1608?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([510] pages) : 192 maps ; 42 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
The 192 maps are printed on 164 sheets. Maps are printed across facing pages, folded at the inner margin, with letterpress descriptions printed on the opposite side.
Subject Terms:
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | World atlases.
Contributors:
Bedwell, William, approximately 1561-1632, translator. | Norton, John, 1606-1663, publisher. | Bill, John, -1630, publisher. | Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568, author of afterword. | Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590, engraver. | Wierix, Jan, 1549-approximately 1620, engraver. | Wierix, Antonie, -1604, engraver. | Eliot's Court Press, printer. | Plantijnsche Drukkerij, printer.