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Theatrum orbis terrarum : opus nunc denuò ab ipso auctore recognitum, multisquè locis castigatum, & quamplurimis nouis tabulis atquè commentarijs auctum.

Accession number
PML 126067
Creator
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Published
Antuerpiae : Auctoris aere et cura impressum absolutumq́ue apud AEgidium Radaeum Gandensem, M.D.LXXV [1575]
Credit line
Bequest of Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
"Synonimia locorum geographicorum": leaves [1]-[44] of 2nd group. "De Mona druidum insula ... epistola Humfredi Lhuyd": [45]-[47] of 2nd group.
Engraved t.-p.
Explanatory historical text on rectos of plates. Plates engraved by F. Hogenberg.
Imprint from colophon.
Description
[70], [48] leaves, 70 double leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 44 cm (fol.)
Inscriptions/Markings
All plates hand colored.
Provenance
Lambach Abbey (Austria), Benedictines, with binding initials "PAZL" for Placidus [Hieber von Greifenfels (1615-1678)] Abt zu Lambach; Franz von Hauslab (1798-1883), stamp; E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
Contemporary vellum, oxydized gilt stamp of P[lacidus] A[bt] Z[u] L[ambach] on upper cover.
Classification
Department