[Rarebooks] FS: 1602 pocket atlas by Abraham Ortelius, with 122 engraved maps.

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(CARTOGRAPHY) [Ortelius, Abraham]. BREVE COMPENDIO DAL THEATRO ORTELIANO. 
Contendo la Delineatione de Tutti li Regioni Principali, del Mondo, Stampate in 
Tavole Piccole, & Illustrate con Brevi Declarationi. La Postrema Editione in 
Molti Luoghi Emendata & con Alcune Tavole Nuove Augmentata. Anvers: Appresso 
Giovanni Battista Vrientio. 1602. Sm. oblong 8vo. (4-3/4" x 6-1/2"). 2 parts in 
1. ff.(8)106,(3);(1),12,(1). (with the supplement). Indices. Illustrated with 
122 copper engraved full-page maps, a copper engraved coat-of-arms and a copper 
engraved title-page vignette map of the eastern hemisphere. Cont. elaborately 
gilt tooled vellum, lightly soiled, both covers with gilt stamped 
ecclesiastical arms; the rear cover with the name "Aldobrandinus" (one of the notable 
Aldobrandini family). Blank margin of f.72 neatly repaired.     $6,000.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
A very handsome and desirable early pocket atlas. On page 4 is a map of 
"America, or The New World."

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