Basiliensis territorii des criptio nova, Auctore Sebastiano Munstero.

Ortelius, Abraham ( 1527 - 1598 ) Antwerp

Verlag: Artist: Ortelius Abraham ( - 1598 ) Antwerp; issued in: Antwerp; - Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598) Antwerp comes from an Augsburg family and was born in Antwerp Spain where he lived throughout his life After thorough training he joined the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1547 as a card painter In 1554 he took over an antiquarian bookshop that mainly deals with the coloring distribution and publishing of maps Basically he is more of a publisher than a scholar And so he also made the acquaintance of another great man of his time Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) who encouraged him to draw cards and to make maps of the most varied of countries His first cartographic work of his own is a large 8-sheet map of the world that appears in Antwerp in 1564 This, 1527

Beschreibung

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original coloredcondition: Right Margin enlarged, size (in cm): 32 x 24 cm cm; - Map shows the area around Basel am Rhein with Freiburg and many more towns. Such as Bremgargten, Laufenburg and Aarburg in the canton of Aargau, Masmünster and Metzeral in Alsace, a mileage indicator and a title cartouche. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers EUC4775

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Basiliensis territorii des criptio nova, ...

Verlag: Artist: Ortelius Abraham ( - 1598 ) Antwerp; issued in: Antwerp; - Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598) Antwerp comes from an Augsburg family and was born in Antwerp Spain where he lived throughout his life After thorough training he joined the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1547 as a card painter In 1554 he took over an antiquarian bookshop that mainly deals with the coloring distribution and publishing of maps Basically he is more of a publisher than a scholar And so he also made the acquaintance of another great man of his time Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) who encouraged him to draw cards and to make maps of the most varied of countries His first cartographic work of his own is a large 8-sheet map of the world that appears in Antwerp in 1564 This

Erscheinungsdatum: 1527