Skip to main content
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Theatrum orbis terrarum, 2 parts in 1 vol. (including Synonymia), Antwerp, A. C. van Diest, 1574 image 1
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Theatrum orbis terrarum, 2 parts in 1 vol. (including Synonymia), Antwerp, A. C. van Diest, 1574 image 2
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Theatrum orbis terrarum, 2 parts in 1 vol. (including Synonymia), Antwerp, A. C. van Diest, 1574 image 3
Lot 45

ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)
Theatrum orbis terrarum, 2 parts in 1 vol., 70 maps with contemporary colouring, Antwerp, A. C. van Diest, 1574

15 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £69,000 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Books & Manuscripts specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)

Theatrum orbis terrarum, 2 parts in 1 vol. (including Synonymia), fourth Latin edition, engraved architectural title and 70 double-page engraved maps, COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, light toning, occasional small patches of browning at foot, a few maps with repairs to foot of centrefold on recto, occasional small repairs at guards on versos, seventeenth century blindstamped vellum, worn, later endpapers, clasps broken, later paper labels on spine [Koeman Ort. 12], folio (420 x 280mm.), Antwerp, A. C. van Diest, 1574

Footnotes

A VERY GOOD COLOURED COPY OF ORTELIUS'S LANDMARK ATLAS. First issued in 1570 with 53 maps, some forty further editions were produced in various languages until the final edition in 1612, which had no less than 150 maps.

Provenance: Johann Peter Späth (1642/45–1701), inscription at foot of dedication leaf recording his gift to the Carmelite Monastery of Frankfurt; further inscription of the Monastery on title. Also known as Moses Germanus, Späth was an Austrian theologian who explored Lutheranism and was entered into the Carmelite order in Frankfurt—where he donated this volume—before eventually converting to Judaism.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

Johnston, Robert Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, first edition, London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1815.

VIKING1 LANDER & ORBITER: 12 PHOTOGRAPHS 11 black and white and one (1) chromogenic color print, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

APOLLO 9: 3 PHOTOGRAPHS OF APOLLO/SATURN V SPACE VEHICLE ON THE LAUNCHPAD

APOLLO 9: 4 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LUNAR MODULE SPIDER & EARTH VIEWS

APOLLO 12: 4 PHOTOGRAPHS OF APOLLO/SATURN ON THE LAUNCHPAD

APOLLO 14: 5 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LUNAR SURFACE, PREPARATIONS FOR LAUNCH

APOLLO 15: 3 PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIM MODEL, LAUNCH, AND LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE DURING EVA

APOLLO 16: EVA PANORAMA Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

GEMINI I: GEMINI-TITAN II LAUNCH Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

GEMINI V: GEMINI-TITAN V LIFTS OFF FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 19 Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

EARLY U.S. SPACE PROGRAM: 7 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LAUNCHES, 1958-1963 7 black-and-white photographs, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

MERCURY-ATLAS 2: LAUNCH, FEBRUARY 21, 1961 Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

MERCURY-ATLAS 6: LAUNCH OF FIRST CREWD AMERICAN ORBITAL SPACEFLIGHT Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

PROJECT MERCURY: 9 PHOTOGRAPHS OF PREPARATION, LAUNCH, AND RECOVERY

APPLE COMPUTER, INC. THINK DIFFERENT: MAHATMA GANDHI. Printed vinyl banner with metal rail, 1562 x 692 mm, [Cupertino, c.1997/1998], the recto featuring an image of Mahatma Gandhi, the verso featuring "Apple" in white letters against a red ground.