Siciliae desciptio
| Reference: | s33947 |
| Author | Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE |
| Year: | 1577 |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Antwerpen |
| Measures: | 107 x 80 mm |
€225.00
| Reference: | s33947 |
| Author | Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE |
| Year: | 1577 |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Antwerpen |
| Measures: | 107 x 80 mm |
€225.00
Description
Miniature map published taken from the second French edition of Le Miroir du Monde, published by Galle & Heyns in 1583, printed by Plantin and first publsihed in 1577 under the title Spieghel der werelt.
Le Miror du Monde is the French transaltion of the Duch poems Spieghel der Werelt, the first modern pocket-atlas, published by Philip Galle with text by Peeter Heyns in 1577, based on Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The maps were drawn and engraved by Galle.
Between 1577 & 1598 Galle issued 11 editions, all printed by Christopher Plantin.
“La piccola carta della Sicilia fa parte di quella serie di atlanti, pubblicati in molteplici lingue e da più editori, nota come Epitome dell'Ortelius. Si tratta di una sorta di edizione in formato ridotto del Theatrum Orbis Terrarum che avviò lo stesso Ortelius a partire dal 1577. Il testo, in rima, fu composto da Pieter Heyns (1537-1598), poeta e letterato, nonché amico ed estimatore di Ortelius, mentre le mappe furono incise da Philip Galle.
Tra il 1577 e il 1601 furono molte le mappe aggiunte o modificate ma la Sicilia, che compare già nella prima edizione, non subirà alcuna modifica.
Nel 1601 ebbe inizio una nuova edizione dell'Epitome con i testi rivisti di Michel Coignet e i rami nuovamente incisi dai fratelli Arsenius. Le immagini, oltre ad essere realizzate con maggiore finezza, sono leggermente differenti da quelle incise da Galle: il titolo è inserito in un cartiglio in alto a sinistra e sono presenti le graduazioni di latitudine e longitudine.” (Valerio-Spagnolo "Sicilia 1477-1861", p. 173).
Copperplate, very good condition.
Bibliografia:
G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 60-61; Valerio-Spagnolo "Sicilia 1477-1861", pp. 173-174, n. 45.
Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE (Haarlem, 1537 - Anversa, 1612)
|
Draughtsman, engraver, publisher, print dealer, writer and historian. It is possible that he was a pupil in Haarlem of Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert, but more than likely he was trained in the Antwerp workshop of Hieronymous Cock, who published Galle’s first prints in 1557 and for whom he worked for many years. Shortly after 1557 Philip Galle started his own publishing and print business, for which he travelled extensively: in 1560–61 he visited the southern Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy. After 1564 he settled in Antwerp, where he acquired citizenship in 1571, the same year in which he became a master in the city’s Guild of St Luke. He served as dean of the guild from 1585 to 1587. His documented pupils were H. van Doort in 1580, Karel van Mallery (1571–1635) in 1586, Jean-Baptiste Barbé (1578–1649) in 1594 and Peter Backereel (d 1637) in 1605. Others working at the workshop and publishing house included Philip’s sons Theodor and Cornelis, his son-in-law Adriaen Collaert, pupils van Mallery and Barbé, the Wierix brothers, Hendrick Goltzius, Crispijn de Passe I and other members of the Collaert family.
|
Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE (Haarlem, 1537 - Anversa, 1612)
|
Draughtsman, engraver, publisher, print dealer, writer and historian. It is possible that he was a pupil in Haarlem of Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert, but more than likely he was trained in the Antwerp workshop of Hieronymous Cock, who published Galle’s first prints in 1557 and for whom he worked for many years. Shortly after 1557 Philip Galle started his own publishing and print business, for which he travelled extensively: in 1560–61 he visited the southern Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy. After 1564 he settled in Antwerp, where he acquired citizenship in 1571, the same year in which he became a master in the city’s Guild of St Luke. He served as dean of the guild from 1585 to 1587. His documented pupils were H. van Doort in 1580, Karel van Mallery (1571–1635) in 1586, Jean-Baptiste Barbé (1578–1649) in 1594 and Peter Backereel (d 1637) in 1605. Others working at the workshop and publishing house included Philip’s sons Theodor and Cornelis, his son-in-law Adriaen Collaert, pupils van Mallery and Barbé, the Wierix brothers, Hendrick Goltzius, Crispijn de Passe I and other members of the Collaert family.
|