Geographia sacra

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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
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1598Format Extent
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Coloured map.
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3 decorated insets:- 1, Giving authorities.- 2, Map of the world.- 3, In bottom right corner: Reverendo et illustridno Gulielmo Grimbergio, Antverpiensi praesuli dignissimo...
This map first appeared in A. Ortelius: Theatrum orbis terrarum, parergon, of 1603, but the possibility of it being pub. is mentioned in a letter of Ortelius dated 21 Sept. 1596. (See E. Brandmair: Bibliogr. Untersuchungen... des Ortelianischen Kartenwerkes).
Latin text on verso: Geographia sacra.