Oropitum

Miniature map prepared for "Epitome theatri orbis terrarum" by Abraham Ortelius, in the new version by publisher Jan Keerbergen, first published in Antwerp in 1601.

After the death of Abraham Ortelius in 1598, Jan Keerbergen published a new edition of the Epitome containing 123 maps, all engraved by brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius, copying earlier plates carved by Philipp Galle. The text is edited by Michael Coignet and knows multiple printings in Latin, French, German English and Italian between 1601 and 1612.

Example taken from the German edition, published in Frankfurt - in partneship with Levin Hulsius - under the title Ausszug auss des Abrahami Ortely theatro in 1604.

Copperplate engraving, finely hand-colored, in excellent condition.

Bibliography

King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 86-87; Alberto Satolli, Imago VV, Le rappresentazioni della città di Orvieto dalle origini ad oggi, p. 127, tav. XXXIX.