A great impression on heavy paper with no color of the Abraham Ortelius map "Tirolis Comitatus" and "Goritiae, Karsth, Chaczeolae, Carniolae, Histriae, et Windorum Marchae Descrip." from the 1575 Latin edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the world's first atlas.  The Tyrolian map extends from Mantua, Verona and Vincenza to Furstenfeld, Mildorf and Wasserburg and is centered on Innsburck. Salzburg also appears. The second map extends from the Islands of Cigola and Osero to the Savus River. Nice dark impression and wide margins. From the 1575 Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern Atlas. Van Den Broecke 116. This is the lowest-priced copy available on the market.

Size: 15.75" x 21.5"

Expertly repaired tear at the bottom margin not affecting the main image.  Tiny wormhole in the center margin.  Please see photos for condition.  
  • Map: "Tirolis Comitatus" and "Goritiae, Karsth, Chaczeolae, Carniolae, Histriae, et Windorum Marchae Descrip." 
  • Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
  • Printing Date: 1575
  • Medium: Copperplate engraved map.
  • Size: 15.75 x 21.5
  • Publisher: Antwerp: Ant Coppenius Diesth
  • Series: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
  • Genuine 16th century engraved map by Abraham Ortelius.

    Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598) was a Flemish cartographer & geographer, celebrated as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Ortelius' work, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, was the first uniformly sized, systematic collection of maps; this work can therefore be called the first atlas (although the term was not used until 20 years later by Mercator).