Amsterdam, Zacharias Heyns 1598.

Extremely rare and unusual, old-colored woodcut map out of Zacharias Heynss edition of Ortelius "Epitome". -- Size of sheet: c. 16x20.5cm. With French text on verso. -- in good condition. --With this exceptional pocket edition of the «Theatrum Orbis Terrarum», the publisher, a son of Peter Heyns, wished to thank Walter del Prato, a Cologne merchant, for marrying his niece. He presented this «Miroir du monde» as an enlargement of his father's bestseller and a tribute to him. But, instead of the common choice for copperplates, he illustrated the atlas with woodcuts, not based on the father's pocket atlas but on the original maps by Ortelius. "All of the maps for this work are woodcuts. It was one of the last atlases produced using this medium... "The atlas and its maps are rarely found" (Burden). The atlas is considered as "the most mysterious atlas of the entire Dutch atlas production." The atlas is highly sought after among collectors, prized for its rarity and the unique appearance of its maps. The second edition of 1615 is virtually unknown, with Koeman locating only 1 example at the Bibliotheque Nationale. || Extremely rare and unusual, old colored woodcut map from Zacharias Heyns' French edition of Ortelius' "Epitome". -- Verso with French text. -- With this extraordinary pocket edition of the “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”, the editor, a son of Peter Heyns, wanted to thank the Cologne merchant Walter del Prato for marrying his niece. He presented the atlas as an extension of his father's bestseller and immediately as a homage to him. But instead of publishing the maps as engravings as was usual, he illustrated the atlas with woodcuts that were not based on his father's pocket atlas, but on the original maps by Ortelius. It is one of the last atlases in which the maps are woodcuts. The Atlas is highly sought after by collectors, prized for its rarity and the unique appearance of its maps. The second edition of 1615 is virtually unknown, with Koeman only knowing of one copy in the Bibliotheque Nationale. -- well preserved. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint!

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