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Burgundiae Inferioris Quae Ducatus Nomine Censetur, Des. 1584 [Lower Burgundy, Named Duchy according to the Registrar. 1584] -
Abraham Ortelius
Circa 1584 - Amsterdam
A stunning four hundred year old map of Burgundy by the great engraver ad cartographer Abraham Ortelius [map size 37.5 x 45 cm]. With place names in French, titles and scale in Latin. Sixteenth century hand coloured, heightened with gold, with elaborate strapwork title cartouche, coat of arms and mileage scale. Showing rivers, mountains, forests, fortifications, towns and cities.
The Burgundy wine regions included on this map include four of the five primary divisions: Chablis, Cote de Nuits, Cote de Beaune, and Cote Chalonnaise. Maconnais, the fifth, is just a little further to the south along the Saone River. It also includes the cities of Avalon, Auttun, Chalons, Beaulne, Verdun, and Chastillon, among many others.
The orientation is from Septemtrio (the seven stars of Ursa Major) or North (top) to Meridies or South (bottom), Occidens or West (left) to Oriens or East (right).
Finely framed in gilt wood [frame size 54 x 61 cm], using ‘Tru Vue’ ‘Conservation Clear’ 99% UV protection conservation acrylic. Abraham Ortelius [1527-98] is known for his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, one of the first major atlases. He accelerated the movement away from Ptolemaic geographical conceptions. Born Abraham Ortels of German parents in Antwerp on April 14, 1527, he was trained as an engraver, worked as an illuminator of maps, and by 1554 was in the business of selling maps and antiquities. This business involved extensive travelling, which enabled Ortelius to make contacts with the international community of scholars concerned with exploration and cartography and especially with English experts like Richard Hakluyt and John Dee. From these sources Ortelius obtained cartographical materials and information; he also collected and published maps by his fellow Flemish geographer Gerhardus Mercator.
Ortelius began issuing various maps in the 1560s. Among these were maps of Egypt, Asia, and the world. The Theatrum orbis terrarum (1570) consisted of 70 maps on 53 sheets. There was a world map and maps of the continents of Africa and Asia. Europe, however, was the area most completely surveyed. In 1573 an Additamenta (atlas supplement) was issued. Later editions of both atlas and supplement were revised and expanded. By 1624 the Theatrum had run through 40 editions and had grown to 166 maps. It appeared in Latin and translations into Dutch, German, French, Spanish, and English.
A definite source of this map has not been identified with certainty. In contents, the map resembles Mercator's 1585 map of Burgundy. The "Catalogus Auctorum" in the Theatrum mentions Etienne Tabourot's Burgundy as not yet having appeared (Meurer p. 88-89).
Reference: Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps 54. Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 4870:31A.
First issued in 1584, and printed for Ortelius’ great Theatrum Orbis Terrarum atlas. Possibly based on a similar map by Mercator, although not confirmed. Condition: Near fine, some minor toning lines, in fine fame Ref: 110982 Price: HK$ 18,000
The Burgundy wine regions included on this map include four of the five primary divisions: Chablis, Cote de Nuits, Cote de Beaune, and Cote Chalonnaise. Maconnais, the fifth, is just a little further to the south along the Saone River. It also includes the cities of Avalon, Auttun, Chalons, Beaulne, Verdun, and Chastillon, among many others.
The orientation is from Septemtrio (the seven stars of Ursa Major) or North (top) to Meridies or South (bottom), Occidens or West (left) to Oriens or East (right).
Finely framed in gilt wood [frame size 54 x 61 cm], using ‘Tru Vue’ ‘Conservation Clear’ 99% UV protection conservation acrylic. Abraham Ortelius [1527-98] is known for his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, one of the first major atlases. He accelerated the movement away from Ptolemaic geographical conceptions. Born Abraham Ortels of German parents in Antwerp on April 14, 1527, he was trained as an engraver, worked as an illuminator of maps, and by 1554 was in the business of selling maps and antiquities. This business involved extensive travelling, which enabled Ortelius to make contacts with the international community of scholars concerned with exploration and cartography and especially with English experts like Richard Hakluyt and John Dee. From these sources Ortelius obtained cartographical materials and information; he also collected and published maps by his fellow Flemish geographer Gerhardus Mercator.
Ortelius began issuing various maps in the 1560s. Among these were maps of Egypt, Asia, and the world. The Theatrum orbis terrarum (1570) consisted of 70 maps on 53 sheets. There was a world map and maps of the continents of Africa and Asia. Europe, however, was the area most completely surveyed. In 1573 an Additamenta (atlas supplement) was issued. Later editions of both atlas and supplement were revised and expanded. By 1624 the Theatrum had run through 40 editions and had grown to 166 maps. It appeared in Latin and translations into Dutch, German, French, Spanish, and English.
A definite source of this map has not been identified with certainty. In contents, the map resembles Mercator's 1585 map of Burgundy. The "Catalogus Auctorum" in the Theatrum mentions Etienne Tabourot's Burgundy as not yet having appeared (Meurer p. 88-89).
Reference: Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps 54. Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 4870:31A.
First issued in 1584, and printed for Ortelius’ great Theatrum Orbis Terrarum atlas. Possibly based on a similar map by Mercator, although not confirmed. Condition: Near fine, some minor toning lines, in fine fame Ref: 110982 Price: HK$ 18,000