Dimensions : 300 X 430 X 25 mm

No. 33

ORTELIUS, Abraham. Theatre de l'univers contenant les cartes de tout le monde, avec une brieve declaration d'icelles.

Antwerp: Gillis van Diest, 1572

First edition with French text, folio (425 x 285mm.), engraved title and 53 double-page engraved maps, contemporary calf, housed in morocco box, gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, title and first leaf restored at outer margin, ownership annotations in ink on title, map 2 (Americas) with repair at lower fold, map 31 (Switzerland) split at upper fold with slight loss, a few maps with small repaired tears at lower margin, rebacked and recornered.

This example is variant of the first French edition of the Theatre. Both Koeman and Karrow call for the map of Bavaria by Johannes Aventinus, while this edition has the version by Philipp Apian.