Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 51

© Marcel van den Broecke © Title: BVRGVNDIÆ COMITATVS/RECENTISS. DESCRIPTIO/Dño Ferdinando Lannoyo auctore [A Most Recent Depiction of the County of Burgundy by Mr. Ferdinandus Lannoyus] Cum Priuilegio 1579. [With a Privilege 1579] Iougne. Hic vectigal exigi:/tur, rerum, quæ alio exportatur. [Iougne. Here taxes are levied for goods that are exported to other places.]

Plate size: 366 x 506 mm
Scale: 1 : 350,000
Identification number: Ort 51 (Koeman/Meurer: 78, Karrow: 1/113, van der Krogt AN: 4880:31A).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:
1579/1580L2Add16A (250 copies printed) (8th line from the bottom ends: Imperialis, ; last line, left aligned: stis & recentioribus locorum vocabulis. frustra autem hactenus eum expectamus.),
1579LA23 (250 copies printed) (8th line from the bottom ends: Imperialis, ; last line, left aligned: stis & recentioribus locorum vocabulis. frustra autem hactenus eum expectamus.),
1579LB23 (250 copies printed) (8th line from the bottom ends: Imperia- ; last line, left aligned: stis&recentioribus locorum vocabulis. frustra autem hactenus eum expectamus.),
1580G2Add16A (50 copies printed),
some 1580/1589G23 (200 copies printed) (last line, centered like 5 lines above it, in Gothic script: darauff),
1581F23 (400 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: ques à present.),
1584L27 (750 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: ctenus eum expectamus.),
1587F27 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: des lieux anciens & modernes . Mais c'est pour neant qu'auons attendu iusques à present.),
some 1588S27 (150 copies printed),
1592L29 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: autem hactenus eum expectamus.),
1595L31 (500 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: liare volumen Ludouicus Gollusius, Gallica lingua.),
1598F32 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: noms des lieux anciens & modernes.Mais cest pour neant qu'auons attendu iusques à present.),
1601L31 (200 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: & peculiare volumen Ludouicus Gollusius , Gallica lingua.),
1602G34 (250 copies printed) (last line, centered like 5 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: darauff.),
1606E34 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: concerning this Countie in French, a great and peculiar volume.),
1608/1612I37 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: cese vn grosso vlume ha publicato di questo Contado.),
few 1609/1612/1641S36 (25 copies printed?),
1609/1612L36 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Comitatu ingens & peculiare volumen Ludouicus Gollosius,Gallica lingua.).
See also plate 52, 53ab and 54.

Approximate number of copies printed: 5475.

States: 51.1 as described.
51.2: from the 1598F edition onwards, LOTHARINGIAE PARS. was extended with SVPERIOR.
SABAVDIAE PARS. was extended with INFERIOR FEDOLANA.

Cartographic sources: Ferdinand de Lannoy made a map of Burgundy in 1563 for which he obtained a privilege, but which was subsequently suppressed by the Spaniards for political reasons. Ortelius was familiar with this map as early as 1570 (Karrow 48/2.1, p. 332-333, Meurer p. 180).

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