ATLAS DESCRIPTION 1609 Latin Parergon plus 1601 Nomenclator
The 1609/1612 Latin Parergon (these two editions only differ in the date on the title page and are further identical) is bound together with the 1601L Nomenclator Ptolemaicus in one original old binding, probably made at the request of the first owner.
The atlas is bound in contemporary parchment with stamps, ornated with gold. On the back cover, a triangle of parchment has been replaced by other old parchment. The parergon and the Nomenclator are both complete in terms of maps (38) and texts, the printing is in good and sharp black and white with deep plate marks, on clean white paper with very wide margins. A few maps have minor blemishes as indicated below. Overall condition is excellent and seldom found for a complete atlas.
The atlas contains the following maps in the following order:
0. Parergon title page with inscription in an old hand: Ioanni Ottens Balthasar Moretus DD., perhaps signifying that Balthasar Moretus gave this atlas as a present to Johannes Ottens, possibly a forbear of the Ottens family that produced atlases in the Netherlands in the late 17th century.
1. Ort179 Geographia Sacra
2. Ort172 Palestina
3. Ort180 Typus Chorographicus (Ancient Holy Land)
4. Ort181 Peregrinatio Divi Pauli
5. Ort183 Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio
6. Ort186 Aevi Veteris (Ancient World)
7. Ort187 Imago Romani Imperii (Roman Empire) [some fraying of lower right margin]
8. Ort189 Europa Celtica (tiny rust speck in side margin)
9. Ort192 Britannicarum Insularum Typus
10. Ort193 Hispaniae Veteris Descriptio
11. Ort196 Galliae Veteris Typus
12. Ort194 Gallia Vetus
13. Ort198 Belgii Veteris Typus
14. Ort200 Germaniae Veteris Typus
15. Ort201 Ordines Sacri I (Electors)
16. Ort202 Ordines Sacri II (Electors)
17. Ort203 Pannoniae et Illyriae Veteris Tabula [slight fraying of lower right margin]
18. Ort205 Italiae Veteris Specimen [rust speck in lower left corner]
19. Ort206 Italia Gallica sive Cisalpina
20. Ort208 Tusciae Antiquae Typus
21. Ort209 Latium
22. Ort210 Itala nam tellus Graecia Maior
23. Ort211 Sicilia [minor fraying of right bottom margin]
24. Ort212 Daciarum Moesiarumque vetus descriptio
25. Ort213 Pontus Euxinus
26. Ort214 Thraciae Veteris Typus [slight browning of right part of bottom margin]
27. Ort215 Graecia Sophiani [tiny rust speck in lower right corner]
28. Ort216 Cyprus, Euboea, Rhodus, Lesbos, Chios [tiny rust speck]
29. Ort217 Creta, Sardinia, Corsica, Ins. Maris Ionii
30. Ort218 Africa Propria Tabula
31. Ort221 Aegyptus Antiqua
32. Ort222 Alexandri Magni Macedonis Expeditio
33. Ort223 Aeneae Navigatio
34. Ort224 Erythraei Periplus/Ulyssis Errores
35. Ort225 Argonautica
36. Ort231 Tempe [slight browning of left part bottom margin]
37. Ort232 Daphne
38. Ort233 Escorial
Follows Nomenclator Ptolemaicus title page dated 1601, 30 text pages.
De Mona Druidum, four text pages
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